How do I get all videos only from library? - ios

Question

I'm trying to get all videos that are in the camera roll on a user's phone when they try and upload a video, but I'm not sure how to.
I've done this to get all pictures and noticed that if I change the .image to .video it gets all the videos, but they are still presented as an image and you can't play the video:
func fetchImagesFromDeviceLibary() {
let allPhotos = PHAsset.fetchAssets(with: .image, options: getAssetFetchOptions())
DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async {
//Enumerate objects
allPhotos.enumerateObjects({ (asset, count, stop) in
let imageManager = PHImageManager.default()
let targetSize = CGSize(width: 600, height: 600)
let options = PHImageRequestOptions()
options.isSynchronous = true
imageManager.requestImage(for: asset, targetSize: targetSize, contentMode: .aspectFit, options: options, resultHandler: {
(image, info) in
if let image = image {
self.videos.append(image)
self.assets.append(asset)
if self.selectedVideo == nil {
self.selectedVideo = image
}
if count == allPhotos.count - 1 {
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.collectionView.reloadData()
}
}
}
})
})
}
}
func getAssetFetchOptions() -> PHFetchOptions {
let options = PHFetchOptions()
options.fetchLimit = 50
let sortDescriptor = NSSortDescriptor(key: "creationDate", ascending: false)
options.sortDescriptors = [sortDescriptor]
return options
}
How would I get all the videos and display them on screen so that you can interact with them?

Answer 1

After changing fetchAssets with .image to .video make the required changes in the getAssetsFetchOption().
func getAssetFetchOptions() -> PHFetchOptions {
let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()
fetchOptions.sortDescriptors = [NSSortDescriptor(key: "creationDate",
ascending: false)]
// For Images Only
// fetchOptions.predicate = NSPredicate(format: mediaType == %d", PHAssetMediaType.image.rawValue)
// For Videos Only
// fetchOptions.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "mediaType == %d, PHAssetMediaType.video.rawValue)
// For Images and Videos
// fetchOptions.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "mediaType == %d || mediaType == %d", PHAssetMediaType.image.rawValue, PHAssetMediaType.video.rawValue)
// For Videos with some duration, here I’m taking it as 10 second
fetchOptions.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "mediaType = %d AND duration < 10", PHAssetMediaType.video.rawValue)
fetchOptions.fetchLimit = 50
let imagesAndVideos = PHAsset.fetchAssets(with: fetchOptions)
print(“LIST: \(imagesAndVideos)”)
return options
}
Hope this will work for you too.
Create AVPlayer Instance :
let videoURL = "your video url"
// Create an AVPlayer, passing it the local video url path
let player = AVPlayer(url: videoURL as URL)
let controller = AVPlayerViewController()
controller.player = player
present(controller, animated: true) {
player.play()
}
Do not forgot to import AVKit and AVFoundation.
Also try to make AvPlayer instance globally.