How to save captured image in to the document directory - ios

Question

I captured image using below code
AVCaptureSession *session = [[AVCaptureSession alloc] init];
session.sessionPreset = AVCaptureSessionPresetMedium;
CALayer *viewLayer = self.vImagePreview.layer;
NSLog(#"viewLayer = %#", viewLayer);
AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer *captureVideoPreviewLayer = [[AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer alloc] initWithSession:session];
captureVideoPreviewLayer.frame = self.vImagePreview.bounds;
[self.vImagePreview.layer addSublayer:captureVideoPreviewLayer];
AVCaptureDevice *device = [AVCaptureDevice defaultDeviceWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];
NSError *error = nil;
AVCaptureDeviceInput *input = [AVCaptureDeviceInput deviceInputWithDevice:device error:&error];
if (!input) {
// Handle the error appropriately.
NSLog(#"ERROR: trying to open camera: %#", error);
}
[session addInput:input];
[session startRunning];
_stillImageOutput = [[AVCaptureStillImageOutput alloc] init];
NSDictionary *outputSettings = [[NSDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys: AVVideoCodecJPEG, AVVideoCodecKey, nil];
[_stillImageOutput setOutputSettings:outputSettings];
[session addOutput:_stillImageOutput];
when i press the button
AVCaptureConnection *videoConnection = nil;
for (AVCaptureConnection *connection in _stillImageOutput.connections)
{
for (AVCaptureInputPort *port in [connection inputPorts])
{
if ([[port mediaType] isEqual:AVMediaTypeVideo] )
{
videoConnection = connection;
break;
}
}
if (videoConnection) { break; }
}
NSLog(#"about to request a capture from: %#", _stillImageOutput);
[_stillImageOutput captureStillImageAsynchronouslyFromConnection:videoConnection completionHandler: ^(CMSampleBufferRef imageSampleBuffer, NSError *error)
{
CFDictionaryRef exifAttachments = CMGetAttachment( imageSampleBuffer, kCGImagePropertyExifDictionary, NULL);
if (exifAttachments)
{
// Do something with the attachments.
NSLog(#"attachements: %#", exifAttachments);
}
else
NSLog(#"no attachments");
NSData *imageData = [AVCaptureStillImageOutput jpegStillImageNSDataRepresentation:imageSampleBuffer];
UIImage *image = [[UIImage alloc] initWithData:imageData];
self.vImage.image = image;
_vImage.hidden=YES;
UIStoryboard *storybord=[UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"Main" bundle:nil];
shareViewController *shareview=[storybord instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"share"];
[self presentViewController:shareview animated:YES completion:nil];
shareview.shareimageview.image=image;
NSMutableArray *temparray = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:image,nil];
NSMutableArray *newparsetile=[#[#"you"]mutableCopy];
shareview.newtile=newparsetile;
shareview.selectedimgarray=temparray;
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"Shareimage" object:image];
}];
how to save the output image in to the device document directory,can any body help me out,answer with code is appreciated,since i am new to the ios objective c,the people who want to customize the camera like instagram can use my code it is 100% working

Answer 1

NSData *pngData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image);
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsPath = [paths objectAtIndex:0]; //Get the docs directory
NSString *filePath = [documentsPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"image_name”]]; //Add the file name
[pngData writeToFile:filePath atomically:YES]; //Write the file

Answer 2

// Saving it to documents direcctory
NSArray *directoryPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentDirectory = [directoryPaths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString* filePath = [documentDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"FileName.png"];
NSData *imageData = // Some Image data;
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath];
if ([imageData writeToURL:url atomically:YES]) {
NSLog(#"Success");
}
else{
NSLog(#"Error");
}
You can use above code to save an image to documents directory. Instead of imagedata variable you can pass your variable.