Getting video url from image picker in iOS - ios

Question

I'm facing a problem selecting the video url from the photo gallery. When the image picker is presented, it can not choose but I try to choose it. It automatically compressing and image picker is not dissmissed.
This is my code.
self.imagePickerController.sourceType = .savedPhotosAlbum
self.imagePickerController.delegate = self
self.imagePickerController.mediaTypes = [kUTTypeMovie as! String]
self.present(self.imagePickerController, animated: true, completion: nil)
func imagePickerController(picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : AnyObject]) {
var videoURL: NSURL? = nil
videoURL = info["UIImagePickerControllerReferenceURL"] as? NSURL
print(videoURL)
imagePickerController.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Answer 1

In Swift 4.2, you must use a new enum provided by Apple to capture the video URL:
// Using the full key
if let url = info[UIImagePickerController.InfoKey.mediaURL] as? URL {
// Do something with the URL
}
// Using just the information key value
if let url = info[.mediaURL] as? URL {
// Do something with the URL
}
You can read about mediaURL here.
Specifies the filesystem URL for the movie.

Answer 2

You can get video url from info like,
videoURL = info[UIImagePickerControllerMediaURL] as? URL
print("videoURL:\(String(describing: videoURL))")
self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)

Answer 3

In Swift 4.2:
func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [UIImagePickerController.InfoKey : Any]) {
picker.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
guard let mediaURL = info[UIImagePickerController.InfoKey.mediaURL] as? URL else { return }
// You can do whatever youo want here....
}

Answer 4

Just simple like this.
extension HomeVC: UIImagePickerControllerDelegate, UINavigationControllerDelegate {
func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : Any]) {
let videoUrl = info[UIImagePickerControllerMediaURL] as! URL
// Do something with the videoUrl
DispatchQueue.main.async { // Dismiss it, remember using `picker`
picker.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}

Answer 5

Use below code for Select the video without compression :
func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController,
didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : Any]) {
let mediaType = info[UIImagePickerControllerMediaType] as? String
let videoString = kUTTypeVideo as? String
let movieString = kUTTypeMovie as? String
if (mediaType == videoString) || (mediaType == movieString) {
var videoRef = info[UIImagePickerControllerReferenceURL] as? URL
var refResult = PHAsset.fetchAssets(withALAssetURLs: [videoRef], options: nil) as? PHFetchResult
var videoRequestOptions = PHVideoRequestOptions()
videoRequestOptions.version() = .original
PHImageManager.default().requestAVAsset(forVideo: refResult.firstObject as? PHAsset ?? PHAsset(), options: videoRequestOptions, resultHandler: {(_ asset: AVAsset, _ audioMix: AVAudioMix, _ info: [AnyHashable: Any]) -> Void in
if (asset is AVURLAsset) {
var originURL: URL? = (asset as? AVURLAsset)?.url
// Now you have the URL of the original video.
picker.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
else
{
picker.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
})
}
}