Print UIImage metadata to label - ios

Question

I'm attempting to read the metadata produced by a UIImage when shot from the UIImagePicker, and I'm having some trouble.
-(void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info {
image = [info objectForKey:#"UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage"];
// get the metadata
NSDictionary *imageMetadata = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerMediaMetadata];
NSLog (#"imageMetaData %#",imageMetadata);
This successfully prints the metadata dictionary to NSLog.
The issue I'm having is that I would like to access specific indices of the dictionary (such as FNumber, ISO, etc.) and print them to specific labels, but I can't figure out how to access the individual data.
Here is what I have tried so far to pull the data, but it doesn't seem to find the key (it returns as NULL):
NSLog(#"ISO: %#", imageMetadata[#"ISOSpeedRatings"]);
Based off of what NSLog prints for the dictionary, it seems as if there may be dictionaries within the dictionary, and that's what's throwing me off.
Here's what gets printed for the metadata:
imageMetaData {
DPIHeight = 72;
DPIWidth = 72;
Orientation = 6;
"{Exif}" = {
ApertureValue = "2.27500704749987";
BrightnessValue = "-0.6309286396300304";
ColorSpace = 1;
DateTimeDigitized = "2015:04:01 10:33:37";
DateTimeOriginal = "2015:04:01 10:33:37";
ExposureBiasValue = 0;
ExposureMode = 0;
ExposureProgram = 2;
ExposureTime = "0.06666666666666667";
FNumber = "2.2";
Flash = 24;
FocalLenIn35mmFilm = 29;
FocalLength = "4.15";
ISOSpeedRatings = (
320
);
LensMake = Apple;
LensModel = "iPhone 6 back camera 4.15mm f/2.2";
LensSpecification = (
"4.15",
"4.15",
"2.2",
"2.2"
);
MeteringMode = 5;
PixelXDimension = 3264;
PixelYDimension = 2448;
SceneType = 1;
SensingMethod = 2;
ShutterSpeedValue = "3.907056515078773";
SubjectArea = (
1631,
1223,
1795,
1077
);
SubsecTimeDigitized = 705;
SubsecTimeOriginal = 705;
WhiteBalance = 0;
};
"{MakerApple}" = {
1 = 2;
14 = 0;
2 = <0f000b00 06000900 04005000 a900b100 b700bb00 c400cd00 cd00a400 b100c700 14000b00 05000900 06000a00 8a00a800 b000b800 c300cb00 c900cd00 b300a600 2f000700 06000700 0a000400 3500a400 ab00b300 bc00c300 cf00d300 b4007f00 3f000700 09000700 0a000700 05007100 a100af00 b500c200 ce00cd00 a9006b00 1f000a00 0b000900 0a000c00 05001e00 9c00aa00 b400c200 cc00d000 d4005700 2b001900 0d001000 10000d00 08000600 5b00a700 b300bf00 cb00d500 e3008600 eb002800 1a001700 14000c00 0b000700 10009400 b100c000 ce00e000 f400bd00 cf013e00 2a001200 17000f00 0d000800 07004200 b100c000 d300e900 fd000401 ff011101 1d000700 16001400 09000700 07000900 8900bf00 d800ec00 07011f01 10021102 39000b00 10001900 0e000800 0a000700 2c00bf00 dd00f400 0b012401 1e023802 1f010d00 07001900 16000c00 0c000800 21007000 c500f400 0a012e01 10022202 01022500 08001000 18001100 0d001800 1601cc00 d100eb00 09012201 fb011002 26020401 0f000700 16001400 3200e801 6001b000 ce00f400 08011601 e1010602 1a020302 23001700 21002300 84009300 9f00ad00 bf00e800 02011401 ca01fc01 19024002 08013d00 3500ca00 7c009200 9e00ab00 c200d700 f8000a01 b401f101 1b024802 28023000 4a007f00 7f008e00 a000b100 bd00d000 ec00fe00>;
3 = {
epoch = 0;
flags = 1;
timescale = 1000000000;
value = 777291330499583;
};
4 = 1;
5 = 128;
6 = 123;
7 = 1;
8 = (
"0.2226092",
"-0.5721548",
"-0.7796207"
);
9 = 275;
};
"{TIFF}" = {
DateTime = "2015:04:01 10:33:37";
Make = Apple;
Model = "iPhone 6";
Software = "8.1.2";
XResolution = 72;
YResolution = 72;
};
}
Is the data I'm looking for within another NSDictionary named Exif? And if so, how do I access it?

Answer 1

#david strauss can you try this once
- (void) saveImage:(UIImage *)imageToSave withInfo:(NSDictionary *)info{
// Get the assets library
ALAssetsLibrary *library = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];
// Get the image metadata (EXIF & TIFF)
NSMutableDictionary * imageMetadata = [[info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerMediaMetadata] mutableCopy];
// add GPS data
CLLocation * loc = <•••>; // need a location here
if ( loc ) {
[imageMetadata setObject:[self gpsDictionaryForLocation:loc] forKey:(NSString*)kCGImagePropertyGPSDictionary];
}
ALAssetsLibraryWriteImageCompletionBlock imageWriteCompletionBlock =
^(NSURL *newURL, NSError *error) {
if (error) {
NSLog( #"Error writing image with metadata to Photo Library: %#", error );
} else {
NSLog( #"Wrote image %# with metadata %# to Photo Library",newURL,imageMetadata);
}
};
// Save the new image to the Camera Roll
[library writeImageToSavedPhotosAlbum:[imageToSave CGImage]
metadata:imageMetadata
completionBlock:imageWriteCompletionBlock];
[imageMetadata release];
[library release];
}

Answer 2

The metadata dictionary as you've noticed consists of several dictionaries.
So to answer your question - yes, if you're looking for specific values you can access the inner dictionaries. Also, you'd better use the proper keys from ImageIO constants; for example:
NSLog(#"%#", imageMetadata[(NSString*)kCGImagePropertyExifDictionary][(NSString*)kCGImagePropertyExifISOSpeedRatings]);
Or, you can use a key-path:
NSString *keyPath = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#.%#",
(NSString*)kCGImagePropertyExifDictionary, (NSString*)kCGImagePropertyExifISOSpeedRatings];
NSLog(#"%#", [imageMetadata valueForKeyPath:keyPath]);

Answer 3

your all required data is within this dictionary only.
you can use json formatter to see the exact location of your data.
NSError *error;
NSData *jsonData = [NSJSONSerialization dataWithJSONObject: imageMetadata
options:NSJSONWritingPrettyPrinted // Pass 0 if you don't care about the readability of the generated string
error:&error];
if (! jsonData) {
NSLog(#"Got an error: %#", error);
} else {
NSString *jsonString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:jsonData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(#"jsonString: %#", jsonString);
}
after this get the exact location of your data from json