Symbol not found: kUTTypeImage

Question

I copied some bits of code from apple's documentation- and I got these 2 errors:

Undefined symbols for architecture i386:
  "_kUTTypeImage", referenced from:
      -[ImagePicker imagePickerController:didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:] in ImagePicker.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture i386
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

What am I doing wrong?

EDIT: The code:

- (IBAction) showSavedMediaBrowser {
    [self startMediaBrowserFromViewController: self
                                usingDelegate: (id)self];
}

- (BOOL) startMediaBrowserFromViewController: (UIViewController*) controller
                               usingDelegate: (id <UIImagePickerControllerDelegate,
                                               UINavigationControllerDelegate>) delegate {

    if (([UIImagePickerController isSourceTypeAvailable:
          UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeSavedPhotosAlbum] == NO)
        || (delegate == nil)
        || (controller == nil))
        return NO;

    UIImagePickerController *mediaUI = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
    mediaUI.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeSavedPhotosAlbum;

    // Displays saved pictures and movies, if both are available, from the
    // Camera Roll album.
    mediaUI.mediaTypes =
    [UIImagePickerController availableMediaTypesForSourceType:
     UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeSavedPhotosAlbum];

    // Hides the controls for moving & scaling pictures, or for
    // trimming movies. To instead show the controls, use YES.
    mediaUI.allowsEditing = YES;

    mediaUI.delegate = delegate;

    [controller presentViewController:mediaUI animated:YES completion:nil];
    return YES;
}

- (void) imagePickerController: (UIImagePickerController *) picker
 didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo: (NSDictionary *) info {

    NSString *mediaType = [info objectForKey: UIImagePickerControllerMediaType];
    UIImage *originalImage, *editedImage, *imageToUse;

    // Handle a still image picked from a photo album
    if (CFStringCompare ((__bridge_retained CFStringRef) mediaType, kUTTypeImage, 0)
        == kCFCompareEqualTo) {

        editedImage = (UIImage *) [info objectForKey:
                                   UIImagePickerControllerEditedImage];
        originalImage = (UIImage *) [info objectForKey:
                                     UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage];

        if (editedImage) {
            imageToUse = editedImage;
        } else {
            imageToUse = originalImage;
        }
        // Do something with imageToUse
    }

    [[picker parentViewController] dismissModalViewControllerAnimated: YES];
}

I think the error is where the last method starts, but I'm not sure.

Your post does not have much context to explain the code sections; please explain your scenario more clearly.

(It wasn't your fault) I've read all the docs I can find on `UIImagePickerController`, they talk about using `kUT*` for `mediaTypes`, but in their sample code, they often just pass the values from one function to the array. They never actually use it in their code, and they don't mention that you need to import it. — benc, Feb 10 '19 at 22:54

score 203 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 28 '13 at 06:03

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Look up the symbol (kUTTypeImage) and locate the image/library it should exist in (MobileCoreServices.framework in this case). Then link your binary with that framework.

edited Apr 28 '13 at 06:03

TeaCupApp

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answered Apr 13 '12 at 16:51

justin

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Also do not forget to import the header – GreyHands Apr 13 '12 at 16:55
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Worked! apparently I linked the CoreFoundation and not the MobileCoreServices. – Lior Pollak Apr 13 '12 at 16:59
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or put @import MobileCoreServices; if you don't want to import the framework and do all the nasty work – Catalin Jun 23 '16 at 12:41

score 50 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 24 '16 at 22:49

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Obligatory Swift answer:

import MobileCoreServices

answered Jul 24 '16 at 22:49

CodeBender

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 19 '20 at 18:17

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When use with UIDocumentPickerViewController do:

import MobileCoreServices

let type = String(kUTTypeImage)
let documentPickerViewController = UIDocumentPickerViewController(documentTypes: [type], in: .import)

answered May 19 '20 at 18:17

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 22 '22 at 00:07

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For Swift it appears to be in

import UniformTypeIdentifiers

let type = String(describing: UTType.image)

answered Jan 22 '22 at 00:07

Gerard

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Symbol not found: kUTTypeImage

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Linked