Swift - Get Image creationDate and Location

Question

A function in my app returns an image and I'm now trying to get the images creationDate and location.

How is this possible with/without using PHAsset?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 10 '17 at 11:53

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According to Apple's documentation, you should be able to do that using:

let location = asset.location
let creationDate = asset.creationDate

They are properties of PHAsset class.

Take a look at: location and creationDate.

answered Jun 10 '17 at 11:53

Mo Abdul-Hameed

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Yes I know that but I don't know how to get them for a particular uiimage. Can you turn a uiimage into a phasset? – pjmanning Jun 10 '17 at 12:47
Unfortunately, i don't know if this is possible. – Mo Abdul-Hameed Jun 10 '17 at 12:50
@MoAbdul-Hameed did you find a way to get the location of an UIImage? – drv Mar 09 '19 at 23:50

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 25 '19 at 17:34

If you are using UIImagePickerControllerDelegate and it will return the phAsset in the info dictionary. Once you get the dictionary all the properties of phAsset will be available.

class ViewController: UIViewController, UIImagePickerControllerDelegate {
    func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [UIImagePickerController.InfoKey : Any]) {
       let asset = info[.phAsset] as? PHAsset
       print(asset?.creationDate ?? "None")
       print(asset?.location ?? "None")
       dismiss(animated: true, completion:nil)
    }

Swift - Get Image creationDate and Location

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