Swift 3 unresolved identifier CGColorGetComponents

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• Xcode 8 Beta 4 CGColor.components unavailable 5 answers

How can I refactor this code in Swift 3?:

    extension UIColor {
        var hexString: String {
            // Produces "Use of unresolved identifier 'CGColorGetComponents'"
            let components = CGColorGetComponents(self.cgColor)
            ....
        }
    }

Answer 1

var r:CGFloat = 0, g:CGFloat = 0, b:CGFloat = 0, a:CGFloat = 0
self.getRed(&r, green: &g, blue: &b:, alpha: &a)
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