Tell the difference between a recorded and selected video - ios

Question

I am working on adding video to a chat application. The users can either share a video chosen from their files or record a new one to upload.
The issue I am having is differentiating between a video which has just been recorded and a video which has been selected as I want to save a just recorded video to their album when they upload it.
Currently my code looks like this:
- (void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info {
// This checks whether we are adding image or video (public.movie for video)
if ([[info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerMediaType] isEqualToString:#"public.image"]) {
UIImage * image = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerEditedImage];
[self sendImage:image];
}
else {
// SS-V
// If we are dealing with a video then we want to return to the chat view and post the video
NSURL * videoURL = (NSURL *)[info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerMediaURL];
// Send video to the chat view
[self sendVideo:[videoURL absoluteString]];
}
[tableView reloadData];
[picker dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:Nil];
}
So I am getting the local url of the video and then uploading it to an external database.
I have also got this code:
// Save the recorded video to the iPhone
NSString * videoCompatibleString = [videoURL.absoluteString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"file://" withString:#""];
if (UIVideoAtPathIsCompatibleWithSavedPhotosAlbum(videoCompatibleString)) {
UISaveVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum (videoCompatibleString, self, nil, nil);
}
Which will save it to my phone library.
So now my only issue is how to differentiate between a video just taken and a video selected from my library already.

Answer 1

I was hoping there would be an elegant way of achieving this. Seemingly there isn't and so I set up an enum to record what I loaded the image picker with, if I loaded it with the camera then I knew that I would be taking the video or picture so should add it to the album:
In the header file:
typedef enum {
bPictureTypeCamera,
bPictureTypeAlbumImage,
bPictureTypeAlbumVideo,
} bPictureType;
// This allows us to see what kind of media is being sent to know if we need to save it to album
bPictureType _pictureType;
In the main file:
// If we have just taken the media then save it to the users camera
if (_pictureType == bPictureTypeCamera) {
[self saveMediaWithInfo:info];
}
With my save function checking if it is video or image and saving it:
- (void)saveMediaWithInfo: (NSDictionary *)info {
// Save image
if ([[info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerMediaType] isEqualToString:#"public.image"]) {
UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum([info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerEditedImage], self, nil, nil);
}
// Save Video
else {
// Make sure the video is in a compatible format to save
NSURL * videoURL = (NSURL *)[info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerMediaURL];
NSString * videoCompatibleString = [[videoURL absoluteString] stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"file://" withString:#""];
if (UIVideoAtPathIsCompatibleWithSavedPhotosAlbum (videoCompatibleString)) {
UISaveVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum (videoCompatibleString, self, nil, nil);
}
}
}
Now the neatest answer but it does what it needs to