Access C variable in swift

Question

I\'m trying to access a state variable declare in .h file but the compiler said the variable doesn\'t exist. Do I need to add anything in my bridging header file ?

Answer 1

You can do like create a function in c file and Add function name as forward declaration in bridging header For example -

//In c File you have definition & forward declaration
int g722_encode(short *data, unsigned char *outdata,int len, struct g722_cstate *s  );
int g722_encode(short *data, unsigned char *outdata,int len, struct g722_cstate *s  ){

}

Bridging header should be -

 #import "g722_codec.h"
int g722_encode(short *data, unsigned char *outdata,int len, struct g722_cstate *s  );

Answer 2

The problem is that struct g722_dstate is an "incomplete type", and Swift cannot import variables of an incomplete type, only variables which are pointers to an incomplete type (and those are imported as OpaquePointer).

Adding the complete struct definition to the imported header file would be the easiest solution.

If that is not possible then one workaround would be to add

#import "g722_codec.h"

static struct g722_dstate * __nonnull dstatePtr = &dstate;

to the bridging header file, which defines a variable containing the address of the "opaque" dstate variable. This is imported to Swift as

var dstatePtr: OpaquePointer

and can then be used e.g. as

g722_coder_init(dstatePtr)