How to convert an Int into NSData in Swift?

Question

In Objective-C I use the following code to

1. Convert an Int variable into NSData, a packet of bytes.

   int myScore = 0;
   NSData *packet = [NSData dataWithBytes:&myScore length:sizeof(myScore)];
   

2. Use the converted NSData variable into a method.

   [match sendDataToAllPlayers: 
   packet withDataMode: GKMatchSendDataUnreliable 
   error: &error];
   

I tried converting the Objective-C code into Swift:

var myScore : Int = 0

func sendDataToAllPlayers(packet: Int!,
            withDataMode mode: GKMatchSendDataMode,
            error: NSErrorPointer) -> Bool {

            return true
}

However, I am not able to convert an Int variable into an NSData and use it an a method. How can I do that?

Answer 1

With Swift 3.x to 5.0:

var myInt = 77
var myIntData = Data(bytes: &myInt, 
                     count: MemoryLayout.size(ofValue: myInt))