Could not cast value of type 'UIView' (0x112484eb0) to 'SKView' (0x111646718)

ios swift sprite-kit xcode7 xcode6.3.2
Aryaman Goel picture Aryaman Goel · Jun 12, 2015 · Viewed 19.1k times · Source

Could not cast value of type 'UIView' (0x112484eb0) to 'SKView' (0x111646718). I keep on getting this error. Can anyone help me because the line of code is there by default. I converted the SK game into the latest swift syntax using the xcode 7 beta. The compiler was missing a lot of things, that is why i came back to xcode 6. I have no red errors; but, the game crashes and says thread 1: signal SIGARBT. Any tips on the changes between swift 2 and the latest version of swift 1 that could have caused problems in the conversion to the latest swift syntax. Perhaps something that was converted, that I should change in xcode 6.3.2. I will delete the beta once this crash issue is resolved. There is probably an error in the code, because i got the same error when i copied the code onto a brand new xcode project. Thanks in advance!

let skView = self.view as! SKView

Answer

aramusss picture aramusss · Jun 12, 2015

Go to your Storyboard, select your UIViewController that contains the SpriteKit game, and select the view from left menu:

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Now go to Identity Inspector and make sure Class is SKView and not UIView:

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You should now be able to compile this part of code from your UIViewController:

// Configure the view.
SKView * skView = (SKView *)self.view;

Or in Swift:

let skView = self.view as! SKView

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