I'm using UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum
to save images to the Photos app. This was the only function I found that lets you do this.
Here's my code:
import UIKit
import Photos
class ViewController: UIViewController {
/// photo of a cactus
let photoURL = URL(string: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aheze/DeveloperAssets/master/cactus.png")! /// in my app it's actually a local URL, but this also works
func saveToPhotos() {
DispatchQueue.global().async {
let data = try? Data(contentsOf: self.photoURL)
let image = UIImage(data: data!)
UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(image!, self, #selector(self.image(_:didFinishSavingWithError:contextInfo:)), nil)
}
}
/// called when the image saving is complete
@objc func image(_ image: UIImage, didFinishSavingWithError error: NSError?, contextInfo: UnsafeRawPointer) {
print("Finished saving image")
/// how to get localIdentifier of the image?
let asset = PHAsset() /// obviously this does not work...
let localIdentifier = asset.localIdentifier
}
}
The image is successfully saved to the Photos app. However, I need to retain a reference to it, preferably its localIdentifier
, so I can find it among the user's other photos in the future.
For example, when I call fetchAllPhotos
later, I need some way to locate the cactus photo that I had saved.
var allPhotos: PHFetchResult<PHAsset>?
func fetchAllPhotos() {
let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions() /// get all of user's photos
allPhotos = PHAsset.fetchAssets(with: .image, options: fetchOptions)
if let photos = allPhotos {
photos.enumerateObjects { (asset, index, stop) in
/// I need to find the image!
/// So I need to know its localIdentifier back when I saved it.
if asset.localIdentifier == "cactus" {
print("photo has been found")
}
}
}
}
Is there any way I can do this? The UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum
completion handler references the UIImage
, so maybe I can create a PHAsset
from it? Or maybe I can write something to the UIImage
's metadata, I'm not sure.
Try this for the saving image logic:
try PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChangesAndWait {
let imgReq = PHAssetChangeRequest.creationRequestForAsset(from: image)
self.localID = imgReq.placeholderForCreatedAsset.localIdentifier
}
You can get the local ID as follows:
photos.enumerateObjects { (asset, index, stop) in
if asset.localIdentifier == self.localID {
print("photo was found")
}
}