refactoring circular imports

tns-core-modules/utils/utils.d.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
 declare module "utils/utils" {
-    import * as colorModule from "color";
-
     export var RESOURCE_PREFIX: string;
 
     //@private
-    /**
-     * Used by various android event listener implementations
-     */
-    interface Owned {
-        owner: any;
-    }
-    
     /**
      * Used to cache and restore Android views' layer type, i.e. android.view.View.getLayerType and android.view.View.setLayerType. 
      */
@@ -159,17 +150,6 @@
          */
         export function getter<T>(_this: any, propertyValue: T | {(): T}): T;
 
-        // Common properties between UILabel, UITextView and UITextField 
-        export interface TextUIView {
-            font: any;
-            textAlignment: number;
-            textColor: any;
-            text: string;
-            attributedText: any;
-            lineBreakMode: number;
-            numberOfLines: number;
-        }
-
         /**
          * Utility module dealing with some iOS collections.
          */
@@ -186,15 +166,11 @@
             export function nsArrayToJSArray(a: any): string[];
         }
 
-        /**
-         * Gets NativeScript color from [UIColor](https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UIColor_Class/).
-         * @param uiColor - UIColor instance used to create a NativeScript color.
-         */
-        export function getColor(uiColor: any /* UIColor */): colorModule.Color;
         /**
          * Gets an information about if current mode is Landscape.
          */
         export function isLandscape(): boolean;
+        
         /**
          * Gets the iOS device major version (for 8.1 will return 8).
          */
@@ -240,7 +216,7 @@
      * Converts string value to number or boolean.
      * @param value The original value. 
      */
-    export function convertString(value: any): any
+    export function convertString(value: string): boolean | number;
 
     /**
      * Sorts an array by using merge sort algoritm (which ensures stable sort since the built-in Array.sort() does not promise a stable sort).

tns-core-modules/utils/utils.ios.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { Color } from "color";
-import * as fsModule from "file-system";
+import * as fsModule from "file-system";
 import {
     write as traceWrite, categories as traceCategories, messageType as traceMessageType
 } from "trace";
@@ -58,21 +57,6 @@ export module ios {
         }
     }
 
-    export function getColor(uiColor: UIColor): Color {
-        var redRef = new interop.Reference<number>();
-        var greenRef = new interop.Reference<number>();
-        var blueRef = new interop.Reference<number>();
-        var alphaRef = new interop.Reference<number>();
-
-        uiColor.getRedGreenBlueAlpha(redRef, greenRef, blueRef, alphaRef);
-        var red = redRef.value * 255;
-        var green = greenRef.value * 255;
-        var blue = blueRef.value * 255;
-        var alpha = alphaRef.value * 255;
-
-        return new Color(alpha, red, green, blue);
-    }
-
     export function isLandscape(): boolean {
         var device = getter(UIDevice, UIDevice.currentDevice);
         var statusBarOrientation = getter(UIApplication, UIApplication.sharedApplication).statusBarOrientation;