How do we queue image upload task in offline mode? - ios

Question

In my app I have to implement a form which works offline as well.
There are some images to be uploaded in the form. The way I currently implement is by first saving the image in Application directory. And saving it's file location in database then delete it when I upload. This process is too lengthy and mind boggling. What do you guys suggest? Should I save it the image as Data in sqlite instead or this approach i took is better.
This is how I implemented it:
ALAssetsLibrary *lib=[ALAssetsLibrary new];
for (int i=0; i<assets.count; i++) {
ALAsset *asset=assets[i];
NSString *baseDir=[fileMgr GetDocumentDirectory];
//STORING FILE INTO LOCAL
[lib assetForURL:asset.defaultRepresentation.url
resultBlock:^(ALAsset *asset){
ALAssetRepresentation *repr = [asset defaultRepresentation];
CGImageRef cgImg = [repr fullResolutionImage];
NSString *fname = repr.filename;
UIImage *img = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:cgImg];
NSData *data = UIImagePNGRepresentation(img);
[data writeToFile:[baseDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:fname]
atomically:YES];
//FOR LOCAL URL OF THE IMAGE
NSString *imageURL = [baseDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:fname];
NSLog(#"%# URL OF IMAGE ",imageURL);
}
failureBlock:^(NSError *error){
}];
}
NSLog(#"COPIED %lu FILE INTO LOCAL MEMORY",(unsigned long)assets.count);

Answer 1

yes you can save the image in database as a string. create an catagory NSString+NSStringAdditions.h like this.
//
// NSString+NSStringAdditions.h
// RemoteControl
//
// Created by Bhaskar on 09/05/14.
// Copyright (c) 2014 Bhaskar. All rights reserved.
//
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#interface NSString (NSStringAdditions)
+ (NSString *) base64StringFromData:(NSData *)data length:(int)length;
+ (NSData *) base64DataFromString:(NSString *)string;
#end
//
// NSString+NSStringAdditions.m
// RemoteControl
//
// Created by Bhaskar on 09/05/14.
// Copyright (c) 2014 Bhaskar. All rights reserved.
//
#import "NSString+NSStringAdditions.h"
static char base64EncodingTable[64] = {
'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P',
'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f',
'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v',
'w', 'x', 'y', 'z', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '+', '/'
};
#implementation NSString (NSStringAdditions)
+ (NSString *) base64StringFromData: (NSData *)data length: (int)length {
unsigned long ixtext, lentext;
long ctremaining;
unsigned char input[3], output[4];
short i, charsonline = 0, ctcopy;
const unsigned char *raw;
NSMutableString *result;
lentext = [data length];
if (lentext < 1)
return #"";
result = [NSMutableString stringWithCapacity: lentext];
raw = [data bytes];
ixtext = 0;
while (true) {
ctremaining = lentext - ixtext;
if (ctremaining <= 0)
break;
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
unsigned long ix = ixtext + i;
if (ix < lentext)
input[i] = raw[ix];
else
input[i] = 0;
}
output[0] = (input[0] & 0xFC) >> 2;
output[1] = ((input[0] & 0x03) << 4) | ((input[1] & 0xF0) >> 4);
output[2] = ((input[1] & 0x0F) << 2) | ((input[2] & 0xC0) >> 6);
output[3] = input[2] & 0x3F;
ctcopy = 4;
switch (ctremaining) {
case 1:
ctcopy = 2;
break;
case 2:
ctcopy = 3;
break;
}
for (i = 0; i < ctcopy; i++)
[result appendString: [NSString stringWithFormat: #"%c", base64EncodingTable[output[i]]]];
for (i = ctcopy; i < 4; i++)
[result appendString: #"="];
ixtext += 3;
charsonline += 4;
if ((length > 0) && (charsonline >= length))
charsonline = 0;
}
return result;
}
+ (NSData *)base64DataFromString: (NSString *)string
{
unsigned long ixtext, lentext;
unsigned char ch, inbuf[4], outbuf[3];
short i, ixinbuf;
Boolean flignore, flendtext = false;
const unsigned char *tempcstring;
NSMutableData *theData;
if (string == nil)
{
return [NSData data];
}
ixtext = 0;
tempcstring = (const unsigned char *)[string UTF8String];
lentext = [string length];
theData = [NSMutableData dataWithCapacity: lentext];
ixinbuf = 0;
while (true)
{
if (ixtext >= lentext)
{
break;
}
ch = tempcstring [ixtext++];
flignore = false;
if ((ch >= 'A') && (ch <= 'Z'))
{
ch = ch - 'A';
}
else if ((ch >= 'a') && (ch <= 'z'))
{
ch = ch - 'a' + 26;
}
else if ((ch >= '0') && (ch <= '9'))
{
ch = ch - '0' + 52;
}
else if (ch == '+')
{
ch = 62;
}
else if (ch == '=')
{
flendtext = true;
}
else if (ch == '/')
{
ch = 63;
}
else
{
flignore = true;
}
if (!flignore)
{
short ctcharsinbuf = 3;
Boolean flbreak = false;
if (flendtext)
{
if (ixinbuf == 0)
{
break;
}
if ((ixinbuf == 1) || (ixinbuf == 2))
{
ctcharsinbuf = 1;
}
else
{
ctcharsinbuf = 2;
}
ixinbuf = 3;
flbreak = true;
}
inbuf [ixinbuf++] = ch;
if (ixinbuf == 4)
{
ixinbuf = 0;
outbuf[0] = (inbuf[0] << 2) | ((inbuf[1] & 0x30) >> 4);
outbuf[1] = ((inbuf[1] & 0x0F) << 4) | ((inbuf[2] & 0x3C) >> 2);
outbuf[2] = ((inbuf[2] & 0x03) << 6) | (inbuf[3] & 0x3F);
for (i = 0; i < ctcharsinbuf; i++)
{
[theData appendBytes: &outbuf[i] length: 1];
}
}
if (flbreak)
{
break;
}
}
}
return theData;
}
#end