I've been struggling to get a ValueTransformer
to work while developing in Xcode 16 for iOS 18. Despite thinking I had everything set up correctly, I keep encountering the following error whenever I create a tag:
let tag = Tag(name: name, color: color.toPlatformColor()) // Converts it to NSColor or UIColor
modelContext.insert(tag)
SwiftData/DataUtilities.swift:184: Fatal error: Unable to determine the primitive for Attribute - name: color, options: [transformable with Optional("ColorTransformer")], valueType: UIColor, defaultValue: UIExtendedSRGBColorSpace 0 0 1 1, hashModifier: nil
Here’s what I’m dealing with:
Tag Model:
@Model
public final class Tag: Identifiable {
var name: String = ""
@Attribute(.transformable(by: ColorTransformer.self))
var color: PlatformColor = PlatformColor.blue
init(name: String, color: PlatformColor) {
self.name = name
self.color = color
}
}
ColorTransformer:
final class ColorTransformer: ValueTransformer {
override func transformedValue(_ value: Any?) -> Any? {
guard let color = value as? PlatformColor else { return nil }
do {
let data = try NSKeyedArchiver.archivedData(
withRootObject: color, requiringSecureCoding: true)
return data
} catch {
assertionFailure("Failed to transform `PlatformColor` to `Data`")
return nil
}
}
override func reverseTransformedValue(_ value: Any?) -> Any? {
guard let data = value as? NSData else { return PlatformColor.black }
do {
let color = try NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchivedObject(
ofClass: PlatformColor.self, from: data as Data)
return color
} catch {
assertionFailure("Failed to transform `Data` to `PlatformColor`")
return nil
}
}
override class func transformedValueClass() -> AnyClass {
return PlatformColor.self
}
override class func allowsReverseTransformation() -> Bool {
return true
}
public static func register() {
ValueTransformer.setValueTransformer(ColorTransformer(), forName: .colorTransformer)
}
}
extension NSValueTransformerName {
static let colorTransformer = NSValueTransformerName(rawValue: "ColorTransformer")
}
Platform Alias:
#if os(macOS)
typealias PlatformColor = NSColor
#else
typealias PlatformColor = UIColor
#endif
The ValueTransformer
is registered when the ModelContainer
is created at app startup:
var sharedModelContainer: ModelContainer = {
ColorTransformer.register()
// Other configurations...
}()
I've also tried not aliasing the colors to see if that changes anything, but I still encounter the same issue. Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!