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Initializer for conditional binding must have Optional type, not 'AnimationView'

What does this mean?

Initializer for conditional binding must have Optional type, not 'AnimationView'

been struggling to figure out what i means and how to fix it? any help would be appreciative

    override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
            
    if let animationView = AnimationView(name: "breathing") {
        animationView.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 400, height: 400)
        animationView.center = self.view.center
        animationView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFill
        
        view.addSubview(animationView)
    
        animationView.play()
    }
Solution

  • The error is pretty clear AnimationView(name: "breathing") isn't an optional.

    Replace:

    if let animationView = AnimationView(name: "breathing") {

    With:

    let animationView = AnimationView(name: "breathing")