The PHPhotoLibrary framework provides interfaces for viewing, editing and creating assets and collections managed by the IOS Photos app.
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Swift: PhotoLibrary delete assets and get progress
I need to show progress of deleting photos and videos from photo library. In case of few photos - deletion can take few seconds but in case of 1000 photos - it will take few minutes. So, i need to show a progress somehow. How can I do that?
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How do you redirect user to settings after denying permissions for Save Image from UIActivityController?
After a user takes a photo in my app, there is a UIUserActivity that is presented that allows users to save and image. A pop up comes up and asks for permission to write the photo to the users photo album. However, if the user denies there is no way…

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Check if saving to camera roll was successfull
How do I check if a user was able to save to the camera roll during an activityViewController?
For example, I have an activity view controller that offers the option to save to the camera roll. After the user saves the picture, my app displays a…

Samuel Yanez
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Creating Subfolder inside a folder using PhotoKit
I understand how one can create a folder programmatically using Apple's PhotoKit API and add Photos to the folder.
PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
let req =…

Tarun Bhargava
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Photo Library permissions - Why is my app not showing in the Settings app? (iOS 12.1 Xcode 10.1)
My app isn't showing in the iPhone's Settings app (similar issue on both physical device & simulator). I'm using Xcode 10.1 & iOS 12.1.
It needs to save photos to the user's photo library so I added the right keys (listed below) in the info.plist…

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How to export slow motion video (240 fps) from camera roll in objective c?
I am going to work with slow motion video (240fps) selected from camera roll.
I've used following code to load asset from camera roll.
PHVideoRequestOptions *options = [PHVideoRequestOptions new];
options.version =…

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PHAsset Create with Adjustment Data in One Go
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I want to create a new asset in the photo library and apply adjustment data (edits) to it, without the user being prompted twice.
The Background
I am developing an iOS photo editing extension, and providing similar functionality in the…

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How to properly fetch a custom album from PHAssetCollection
I've created a custom album now I am attempting to download a video from an FTP site and move it to the custom album.
I'm using Visual Studio 2017 Xamarin C# ios 11.4.
Permissions set in Info.plist
Prior to this block, I am testing to verify the…

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PHAssetChangeRequest Saving at Low Resolution
I am capturing live video within the app and saving it using PHAssetChangeRequest However, the video is saving to the camera roll at very low resolution. If I take the same exact video (same phone) from within the camera app, it saves to the camera…

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Swift how to show alert to request permission for photo library?
I've hit "cancel" on a popup that asks permission for the photo library in the app I made. This comes from something I didn't make, but from the OS.
Now I need a fallback if the user tries to hit the photo library button again. The authorization…

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How to display Live-photos Videos from library and display in Collection-View in iOS Swift?
For Displaying the Live-Photos:
func fetchLivePhotos() {
let options = PHFetchOptions()
options.sortDescriptors = [ NSSortDescriptor(key: "creationDate", ascending: false) ]
options.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "(mediaSubtype & %d)…

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PHAssetCreationRequest DNG File Name
This is a snippet from Apple's sample code AVCamManualExtendingAVCamtoUseManualCaptureAPI where the DNG data has to be temprorily written in to a file before moving to PHPhotoLibrary:
[PHPhotoLibrary requestAuthorization:^( PHAuthorizationStatus…

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Get file path of saved image to camera roll iOS (Obj-c)
I used UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum to save image to Camera Roll, but I want to get a reference to get back to the same image. Is it possible? I have a link (albeit in Japanese) that says it's possible to get the file path, but as of what I…

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if photolibrary permission is given and camera permission is not given then camera opens and take a blank photo
I have denied permission of camera but given permission of photolibrary previously. But camera opens with black screen. and I can see the option to take photo. Is there any way to not open camera.
My code is like this…

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How to create folder inside photos library in iOS swift
I am working on a photo sharing app in iOS. It creates a lot of albums in the photos library. But I want to have a single folder in device photos library and have all my albums inside of it. I know how to create an album in photos library and also…

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