Transfer assets using double type amount instead of int type

[joankabello]

Hello there,

On the method transfer() which is used to transfer assets, i see that the amount is type of int instead of double. Can this be changed ?
Since when you transfer assets, you would need to transfer a double type like 1.5 for example. But this is not doable since the type specified from the SDK is an int.

Thanks

[RootSoft]

Hi Joan

This issue is actually the same as #2 .
Transactions require the (asset) amount to be uint64. Because your decimals field is > 0, you have to do some basic math or you can use the format functions:

final amount = Algo.format(amount,decimals);

or

(amount * (pow(10, decimals)))

[joankabello]

Oh okay, i wasn't aware that the format method was also for the assets transfer, i thought it was only for the Algos transfers.

My misunderstanding on this one.
Thanks for the explanation!