Get Specific Photo from Specific Photo Album with PHAssetCollection in Swift 4 - ios

Question

I am storing the photo with the use of following code. But now I have to get the photos from storage using name.
First Question: How can I store the photos using name ? Should I store it in Core Data ?
Second Question: How can I get that photo using the name I have given it previously ?
Please Help me. Thank you for all replies ...
class CustomPhotoAlbum: NSObject {
static let albumName = "PhotoAlbumName"
static let sharedInstance = CustomPhotoAlbum()
var assetCollection: PHAssetCollection!
override init() {
super.init()
if let assetCollection = fetchAssetCollectionForAlbum() {
self.assetCollection = assetCollection
return
}
if PHPhotoLibrary.authorizationStatus() != PHAuthorizationStatus.authorized {
PHPhotoLibrary.requestAuthorization({ (status: PHAuthorizationStatus) -> Void in
()
})
}
if PHPhotoLibrary.authorizationStatus() == PHAuthorizationStatus.authorized {
self.createAlbum()
} else {
PHPhotoLibrary.requestAuthorization(requestAuthorizationHandler)
}
}
func requestAuthorizationHandler(status: PHAuthorizationStatus) {
if PHPhotoLibrary.authorizationStatus() == PHAuthorizationStatus.authorized {
// ideally this ensures the creation of the photo album even if authorization wasn't prompted till after init was done
print("trying again to create the album")
self.createAlbum()
} else {
print("should really prompt the user to let them know it's failed")
}
}
func createAlbum() {
PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest.creationRequestForAssetCollection(withTitle: CustomPhotoAlbum.albumName) // create an asset collection with the album name
}) { success, error in
if success {
self.assetCollection = self.fetchAssetCollectionForAlbum()
} else {
print("error \(String(describing: error))")
}
}
}
func fetchAssetCollectionForAlbum() -> PHAssetCollection? {
let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()
fetchOptions.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "title = %#", CustomPhotoAlbum.albumName)
let collection = PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollections(with: .album, subtype: .any, options: fetchOptions)
if let _: AnyObject = collection.firstObject {
return collection.firstObject
}
return nil
}
func save(image: UIImage) {
if assetCollection == nil {
return // if there was an error upstream, skip the save
}
PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
let assetChangeRequest = PHAssetChangeRequest.creationRequestForAsset(from: image)
let assetPlaceHolder = assetChangeRequest.placeholderForCreatedAsset
let albumChangeRequest = PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest(for: self.assetCollection)
let enumeration: NSArray = [assetPlaceHolder!]
albumChangeRequest!.addAssets(enumeration)
}, completionHandler: nil)
}
}

Answer 1

You can use this class .
import Foundation
import Photos
class FetchPhotos{
var images:[UIImage] = []
var imageUrl:String!
func fetchPhotos() -> String{
let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()
fetchOptions.sortDescriptors = [NSSortDescriptor(key:"creationDate", ascending: false)]
// Fetch the image assets
let fetchResult: PHFetchResult = PHAsset.fetchAssets(with: PHAssetMediaType.image, options: fetchOptions)
// If the fetch result isn't empty,
// proceed with the image request
if fetchResult.count > 0 {
let totalImageCountNeeded = 1 // <-- The number of images to fetch
fetchPhotoAtIndex(0, totalImageCountNeeded, fetchResult)
}
return imageUrl
}
// Repeatedly call the following method while incrementing
// the index until all the photos are fetched
func fetchPhotoAtIndex(_ index:Int, _ totalImageCountNeeded: Int, _ fetchResult: PHFetchResult<PHAsset>) {
let albumName = "CustonAlbum"
// Note that if the request is not set to synchronous
// the requestImageForAsset will return both the image
// and thumbnail; by setting synchronous to true it
// will return just the thumbnail
let requestOptions = PHImageRequestOptions()
requestOptions.isSynchronous = true
let collection: PHFetchResult =
PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollections(with: .album, subtype: .any, options: nil)
for k in 0 ..< collection.count {
let obj:AnyObject! = collection.object(at: k)
if obj.title == albumName {
print("Yeap!")
// Perform the image request
PHImageManager.default().requestImage(for: fetchResult.object(at: index) as PHAsset, targetSize: CGSize(width: 1000, height: 1000), contentMode: PHImageContentMode.aspectFill, options: requestOptions, resultHandler: { (image, info) in
if let image = image {
// Add the returned image to your array
self.images += [image]
}
// If you haven't already reached the first
// index of the fetch result and if you haven't
// already stored all of the images you need,
// perform the fetch request again with an
// incremented index
if index + 1 < fetchResult.count && self.images.count < totalImageCountNeeded {
self.fetchPhotoAtIndex(index + 1, totalImageCountNeeded, fetchResult)
} else {
// Else you have completed creating your array
print("Completed array: \(self.images[0])")
print("Image URL \(String(describing: info!["PHImageFileURLKey"]))")
self.imageUrl = "\(info!["PHImageFileURLKey"]!)"
}
})
}}
}
}