PHPickerViewController add video editing screen aka (UIImagePickerController.allowsEditing = true)

Question

I would like to edit/compress video after selection like it was in UIImagePickerController with allowsEditing = true.

Still the new PHPickerViewController doesn't have this property and Apple says that there is no such property anymore here. But there are apps in App Store that pushing "allowsEditing controller" after selecting asset from PHPickerViewController

Here is my PHPickerViewController implementation:

func openImagePicker() {
        if #available(iOS 14, *) {
            var configuration = PHPickerConfiguration()
            configuration.preferredAssetRepresentationMode = .automatic
            let picker = PHPickerViewController(configuration: configuration)

            // Set the delegate
            picker.delegate = self
            // Present the picker

            present(picker, animated: true)
        } else {
            // Fallback on earlier versions
            imagePicker?.photoGalleryAsscessRequest()
        }
    }

extension EditController: PHPickerViewControllerDelegate {
    @available(iOS 14, *)
    func picker(_ picker: PHPickerViewController, didFinishPicking results: [PHPickerResult]) {
        self.dismiss(animated: true)
   }
}

Can you share a link to the app in App Store? – Tarun Tyagi Dec 22 '20 at 16:54 — Tarun Tyagi, Dec 22 '20 at 16:54

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 28 '20 at 23:36

I investigated this issue but indeed there is no support for like as you mention allowsediting.

For example related to your question preset values for video edits was depreciated to UIImagePickerController.ImageURLExportPreset.compatible but There is no support for automatic compression. The picker will always pass the original video/image and it is up to the app to do the necessary compressions or edits. You can check this Apple Document: imageExportPreset.

Apple specifically mentions that we should be using this new one instead of the older UIImagePickerViewController. If someone wonder more : Meet the new Photos picker

PHPickerViewController add video editing screen aka (UIImagePickerController.allowsEditing = true)

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