'height' is inaccessible due to 'internal' protection level error

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Created Jun ’21

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I am coding a basic fps app on Xcode 12.5. As of right now, Im working on a file that acts as a bridge between UIKit and the game engine used for this game. The code is provided below:

Bitmap.swift

import UIKit

public struct Bitmap
{
  public private(set) var pixels: [Color]
  public let width: Int
   
  public init(width: Int, pixels: [Color])
  {
    self.width = width
    self.pixels = pixels
  }
}


public extension Bitmap
{
  var height: Int
  {
    return pixels.count / width
  }
  subscript(x: Int, y: Int) -> Color
  {
    get { return pixels[y * width + x] }
    set { pixels[y * width + x] = newValue}
  }
  init(width: Int, height: Int, color: Color) {
    self.pixels = Array(repeating: color, count: width * height)
    self.width = width
  }
}

UIImage+Bitmap.swift

import UIKit
import Engine

extension UIImage {
  convenience init?(bitmap: Bitmap) {
    let alphaInfo = CGImageAlphaInfo.premultipliedLast
    let bytesPerPixel = MemoryLayout<Color>.size
    let bytesPerRow = bitmap.width * bytesPerPixel

    guard let providerRef = CGDataProvider(data: Data(
      bytes: bitmap.pixels, count: bitmap.height * bytesPerRow
    ) as CFData) else {
      return nil
    }

    guard let cgImage = CGImage(
      width: bitmap.width,
      height: bitmap.height,
      bitsPerComponent: 8,
      bitsPerPixel: bytesPerPixel * 8,
      bytesPerRow: bytesPerRow,
      space: CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB(),
      bitmapInfo: CGBitmapInfo(rawValue: alphaInfo.rawValue),
      provider: providerRef,
      decode: nil,
      shouldInterpolate: true,
      intent: .defaultIntent
    ) else {
      return nil
    }

    self.init(bitmap: cgImage)
  }
}

For my UIImage+Bitmap.swift code I get the following error: "'height' is inaccessible due to 'internal' protection level"

Any help will be appreciated!

Answered by Claude31 in 678780022

Update: I rewrote the last line in UIImage+Bitmap.swift to self.init(cgImage: cgImage) and it worked. Appreciate the help.

So, you don't call the convenience initialiser itself anymore.

Thanks for the feedback, don't forget to close the thread now.

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Answer 1

Claude31 OP

Jun ’21

Please tell where you get the error, exactly. Which line ?

What is Color ?

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Answer 2

Hegazy2468 OP

Jun ’21

I get the error at the following lines in UIImage+Bitmap.swift

bytes: bitmap.pixels, count: bitmap.height * bytesPerRow

and

height: bitmap.height,

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Answer 3

Claude31 OP

Jun ’21

Try to change with this to see what you get:

extension UIImage {
  convenience init?(bitmap: Bitmap) {
    let alphaInfo = CGImageAlphaInfo.premultipliedLast
    let bytesPerPixel = MemoryLayout<Color>.size
    let bytesPerRow = bitmap.width * bytesPerPixel

    let theHeight = bitmap.height  // To have a local value
    guard let providerRef = CGDataProvider(data: Data(
      bytes: bitmap.pixels, count: theHeight * bytesPerRow
    ) as CFData) else {
      return nil
    }

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Answer 4

Claude31 OP

Jun ’21

Could you show how Color is defined ?

I tested, replacing Color by Int. I get an error on line

    self.init(bitmap: cgImage)

Cannot convert value of type 'CGImage' to expected argument type 'Bitmap' Which is logic, as cgImage is CGImage and not Bitmap

In addition, you call the convenience initialiser within itself… I must be missing something

Try to add, in public struct Bitmap ( }

     public init() {}

See here for details: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40859139/initializer-is-inaccessable-due-to-internal-protection-level

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Answer 5

Claude31 OP

Jun ’21

You should not post code in comments, they mess it. So I had to rebuild it.

Note: I do find it confusing to name the class and the struct inside by the same name… Why do you declare public ? And not simply extension Bitmap {} for instance ?

You did not answer my other questions :

Cannot convert value of type 'CGImage' to expected argument type 'Bitmap' Which is logic, as cgImage is CGImage and not Bitmap

In addition, you call the convenience initialiser within itself… I must be missing something

import UIKit

class Color: UIViewController {
     public struct Color {
          public var r, g, b, a: UInt8
          public init(r: UInt8, g: UInt8, b: UInt8, a: UInt8 = 255)      {
               self.r = r
               self.g = g
               self.b = b
               self.a = a
               
          }
          
     }
     
     override func viewDidLoad() { 
     super.viewDidLoad()      // Do any additional setup after loading the view. 
   }
          
}

extension Color {
     static let clear = Color(r: 0, g: 0, b: 0, a: 0)
     static let black = Color(r: 0, g: 0, b: 0)
     static let white = Color(r: 255, g: 255, b: 255)
     static let gray = Color(r: 192, g: 192, b: 192)
     static let red = Color(r: 255, g: 0, b: 0)
     static let green = Color(r: 0, g: 255, b: 0)
     static let blue = Color(r: 0, g: 0, b: 255)
     
}

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Answer 6

Claude31 OP

Jun ’21

Accepted Answer

Update: I rewrote the last line in UIImage+Bitmap.swift to self.init(cgImage: cgImage) and it worked. Appreciate the help.

So, you don't call the convenience initialiser itself anymore.

Thanks for the feedback, don't forget to close the thread now.

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Answer 7

Developer Tools Engineer OP

Apple

Jun ’21

Is UIImage+Bitmap.swift importing the Bitmap type through import Engine?

If so that would explain why height wouldn’t be visible if it’s internal…except that it shouldn’t be internal, since it’s in a public extension. Pretty strange all around.

There might be a bug in the compiler here, or at least a diagnostic that could be improved. Could you file a report through Feedback Assistant and attach your project so the Swift compiler team can take a look at it?

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