Swift UIColor initializer - compiler error only when targeting iPhone5s

Question

The Situation:

Working from a new project: iOS > Application > Game > SpriteKit, Swift, iPhone

Here I\'ve written a function in my G

Answer 1

It probably has to do with a mismatch between Float and Double. Basically, if the arguments are expected to be CGFloats, you need to pass CGFloats.

let color = UIColor(red: CGFloat(red), green: CGFloat(green), blue: CGFloat(blue), alpha: CGFloat(alpha))

What's important to understand here is that CGFloat is defined as Float on 32 bit platforms, and Double on 64 bit platforms. So, if you're explicitly using Floats, Swift won't have a problem with this on 32 Bit platforms, but will produce an error on 64 bit.

Answer 2

See from the source code you should use CGFloat instead of Float

this should work

func colorize (hex: Int, alpha: Double = 1.0) -> UIColor {
    let red = Double((hex & 0xFF0000) >> 16) / 255.0
    let green = Double((hex & 0xFF00) >> 8) / 255.0
    let blue = Double((hex & 0xFF)) / 255.0
    var color: UIColor = UIColor( red: CGFloat(red), green: CGFloat(green), blue: CGFloat(blue), alpha:CGFloat(alpha) )
    return color
}