Cannot invoke initializer for type UnsafePointer<_> with an argument list of type (UnsafeMutableRawPointer)

Question

When I write the output stream in multipeer connectivity from audio buffer data I got the error

Cannot invoke initializer for type UnsafePointer<_> with an argument list of type (UnsafeMutableRawPointer)

I found the many solutions, but this solution not helpful for me.

My code is:

func send(_ buffer: AudioBuffer) {
        print(buffer.mData!)
        print(buffer.mDataByteSize)

        outputStreme?.write(UnsafePointer(buffer.mData), maxLength: buffer.mDataByteSize)
    }

Thanks in advance..:)

Answer 1

Please check the official reference when some sort of spec changes has affected with your code. In your case AudioBuffer.mData is of type UnsafeMutableRawPointer?, and you need to pass it to the first argument of OutputStream.write(_:maxLength:) of type UnsafePointer<UInt8>.

UnsafeMutableRawPointer

You can find this method which returns UnsafeMutablePointer<T>:

func assumingMemoryBound<T>(to: T.Type)

The concept of bound is sort of confusing, but seems you can use it for pointer type conversion:

outputStreme?.write(buffer.mData!.assumingMemoryBound(to: UInt8.self), maxLength: Int(buffer.mDataByteSize))

(Assuming forced-unwrapping ! is safe enough as suggested by your print(buffer.mData!).)

Memory bound-ness is not well defined for most APIs which return pointers, and has no effect as for now. There's another type conversion method func bindMemory<T>(to: T.Type, capacity: Int), and both work without problems (again, as for now).

Answer 2

Try this :

withUnsafePointer(to: &data) {rawUuidPtr in //<- `rawUuidPtr` is of type `UnsafePointer<uuid_t>`.
            let bytes = UnsafeRawPointer(rawUuidPtr).assumingMemoryBound(to: UInt8.self)
            outputStream.write(bytes, maxLength: 4)
        }