'Use of Unresolved Identifier' in Swift

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So I have been making an app, and everything has been working great. But today I made a new class like usual and for some reason in this class I can't access Public/Global variable from other classes. All the other classes can, but now when ever I try to make a new class I can't. How would this be fixed?

I am using Swift and Xcode 6.

Working Class:

import UIKit
import Foundation
import Parse
import CoreData

var signedIn = true

class ViewController: UIViewController {

New Class:

import UIKit

class NewClass: UIViewController {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        signedIn = false

}

But on signedIn = false

I get the error:

use of unresolved identifier "signedIn"

and yes I have deleted and recreated this class several times — Apple Geek
– Apple Geek, Commented Mar 11, 2015 at 20:33
Can you specify the version of XCode / Swift you're using (if it's beta or not) ? — lchamp
– lchamp, Commented Mar 11, 2015 at 20:48
Is this your complete code? because of your indentation it looks like you are missing a curly bracket } at the end of your viewDidLoad() — Wez
– Wez, Commented Mar 11, 2015 at 20:54

thomaux · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-22 13:05:41Z

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One possible issue is that your new class has a different Target or different Targets from the other one.

For example, it might have a testing target while the other one doesn't. For this specific case, you have to include all of your classes in the testing target or none of them.

Targets

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Medhi Over a year ago

If the class is in a different target, make sure you import it on top of your swift file

tBug Over a year ago

hehe, that was a problem. I forgot to setup a target for class. Tnx :)

turingtested Over a year ago

Oh man, I spent a couple of hours to solve this one. Such a stupid error message. Even Syntax Error is better!

reidisaki Over a year ago

yup.. it wasn't set in a target for a test project!! thank you

Stephen J Over a year ago

Mine was in, but I just unchecked then re-checked, which fixed this AND my autocomplete/intellisense came back!

ThomasW · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-02 22:41:29Z

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Once I had this problem after renaming a file. I renamed the file from within Xcode, but afterwards Xcode couldn't find the function in the file. Even a clean rebuild didn't fix the problem, but closing and then re-opening the project got the build to work.

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answered Jun 17, 2020 at 10:10

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Habib Mohammadi Over a year ago

exactly right i removed the files references and then added them again. and everything worked

oOEric · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-16 04:30:48Z

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'Use of Unresolved Identifier' in Swift my also happen when you forgot to import a library. For example I have the error:

In which I forgot the UIKit

import UIKit

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Jenita _Alice4Real Over a year ago

import AVFoundation

snakeoil · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-29 18:57:24Z

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Sometimes the compiler gets confused about the syntax in your class. This happens a lot if you paste in source from somewhere else.

Try reducing the "unresolved" source file down to the bare minimum, cleaning and building. Once it builds successfully add all the complexity back to your class.

This has made it go away for me when re-starting Xcode did not work.

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capikaw · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-29 22:27:22Z

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Another place I've seen this error is when your project has multiple targets AND multiple bridging headers. If it's a shared class, make sure you add the resource to all bridging headers.

A good tip to is to look in the left Issue Navigator panel; the root object will show the target that is issuing the complaint.

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mfaani · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-18 21:26:39Z

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For me this error happened because I was trying to call a nested function. Only thing I had to do to have it fixed was to bring the function out to a scope where it was visible.

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Barry Jones Over a year ago

By "bring the function out to a scope where it was visible", do you mean mark it as public?

mfaani Over a year ago

No. Just purely moving/dragging the function to a different scope ie under the scope of the class

Ribaz · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-26 14:19:44Z

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In my case, I had an Object-C file which was also in the same Target Membership. I fixed by adding #import "YourObjectCFileHeader.h" inside file Bridging-Header.h

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Ftagliacarne · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-11 20:49:18Z

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Because you haven't declared it. If you want to use a variable of another class you must use

override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) {
    var DestViewController : ViewController = segue.destinationViewController as ViewController
    DestViewController.signedIn = false
}

You have to put this code at the end of the NewClass code

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Apple Geek Over a year ago

yes but I have used other classes and they have worked fine without that, it's just when I make this new class.

Sam Over a year ago

This won't work, he has the signedIn variable declared in the global scope, not inside his class.

Fabio says Reinstate Monica · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-19 22:00:56Z

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Your NewClass inherits from UIViewController. You declared signedIn in ViewController. If you want NewClass to be able to identify that variable it will have to be declared in a class that your NewClass inherits from.

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Vinod Supnekar · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-05 06:02:26Z

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I got this error for Mantle Framework in my Objective-Swift Project. What i tried is ,

Check if import is there in Bridging-Header.h file
Change the Target Membership for Framework in Mantle.h file as shown in below screenshot.

Toggle between Private Membership first build the project , end up with errors. Then build the project with Public Membership for all the frameworks appeared for Mantle.h file, you must get success.

It is just a bug of building with multiple framework in Objective-C Swift project.

answered Dec 5, 2017 at 6:02

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htafoya · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-29 01:02:52Z

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If this is regarding a class you created, be sure that the class is not nested.

F.e

A.swift

class A {

   class ARelated {

   }
}

calling var b = ARelated() will give 'Use of unresolved identifier: ARelated'.

You can either:

1) separate the classes if wanted on the same file:

A.swift

class A {

}

class ARelated {

}

2) Maintain your same structure and use the enclosing class to get to the subclass:

var b = A.ARelated

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abhimanyu jindal · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-07 18:18:36Z

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I did a stupid mistake. I forgot to mention the class as public or open while updating code in cocoapod workspace.

Please do check whether accesor if working in separate workspace.

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shim · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-10 16:12:01Z

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You forgot to declare the variable. Just put var in front of signedIn = false

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shim Over a year ago

I would assume that that is just a typo in the posted code (along with the missing closing bracket on viewDidLoad.

Hola Soy Edu Feliz Navidad · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-13 21:08:38Z

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My issue was calling my program with the same name as one of its cocoapods. It caused a conflict. Solution: Create a program different name.

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Nat · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-20 09:39:31Z

This is not directly to your code sample, but in general about the error. I'm writing it here, because Google directs this error to this question, so it may be useful for the other devs.

Another use case when you can receive such error is when you're adding a selector to method in another class, eg:

private class MockTextFieldTarget {
private(set) var didCallDoneAction = false
    @objc func doneActionHandler() {
        didCallDoneAction = true
    }
}

And then in another class:

final class UITextFieldTests: XCTestCase {
    func testDummyCode() {
        let mockTarget = MockTextFieldTarget()
        UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: .cancel, target: mockTarget, action: MockTextFieldTarget.doneActionHandler)
        // ... do something ...
    }
}

If in the last line you'd simply call #selector(cancelActionHandler) instead of #selector(MockTextFieldTarget.cancelActionHandler), you'd get

use of unresolved identifier

error.

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