How to add pagination to PHAsset fetching from Photos Framework? - ios

Question

I am trying to get all the photos from cameraRoll using Photos framework but its taking a lot of time to fetch all the photos from cameraRoll.
Is their anyway to add pagination to it ?
so i can fetch while scrolling.
var images = [UIImage]()
var assets = [PHAsset]()
fileprivate func assetsFetchOptions() -> PHFetchOptions {
let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()
//fetchOptions.fetchLimit = 40 //uncomment to limit photo
let sortDescriptor = NSSortDescriptor(key: "creationDate", ascending: false)
fetchOptions.sortDescriptors = [sortDescriptor]
return fetchOptions
}
fileprivate func fetchPhotos() {
let allPhotos = PHAsset.fetchAssets(with: .image, options: assetsFetchOptions())
DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async {
allPhotos.enumerateObjects({ (asset, count, stop) in
//print(count)
let imageManager = PHImageManager.default()
let targetSize = CGSize(width: 200, height: 200)
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.images.append(image)
self.assets.append(asset)
}
if count == allPhotos.count - 1 {
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.collectionView?.reloadData()
}
}
})
})
}
}

Answer 1

allPhotos is of type PHFetchResult< PHAsset > which is a lazy collection, ie it doesn't actually go out and get the photo until you ask it for one, which is what .enumerateObjects is doing. You can just grab the photos one at a time with the subscript operator or get a range of objects with objects(at:) to page through the collection as needed.