present UIImagePickerController from collectionViewCell class - swift

Question

I am having a little trouble presenting the UIImagePicker from a collectionViewCell. I know collectionViewCells do not act as the picker delegate by default so I did try to call a method from the UIViewController class operating the cell holding the imageView tapped. There are no errors showing in my console, but when I run the app and try to present the UIImagePickerController nothing happens and I receive the "Warning: Attempt to present on whose view is not in the window hierarchy!". I would like to present the UIImagePickerController when user taps on the profileImageView. Thanks in advance for help!
// LoginCell class holding the imageView to call the UIImagePickerController method from LoginController class
lazy var profileImageView: UIImageView = {
let imageView = UIImageView()
imageView.addGestureRecognizer(UITapGestureRecognizer(target:self, action: #selector(handleSelectProfileImage)))
imageView.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
return imageView
}()
var loginController: LoginController?
func handleSelectProfileImage() {
let loginController = LoginController()
loginController.showImagePicker(sendingVC: loginController)
}
// LoginController class as UIImagePickerController delegate
func showImagePicker(sendingVC: LoginController) {
let picker = UIImagePickerController()
picker.delegate = self
picker.allowsEditing = true
present(picker, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell {
let loginCell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(withReuseIdentifier: loginCellId, for: indexPath) as! LoginCell
loginCell.delegate = self
return loginCell
}

Answer 1

try this, in your cell:
func handleSelectProfileImage() {
guard let loginController = delegate as? LoginViewController else {
return
}
loginController.showImagePicker()
}
in your LoginController
func showImagePicker() {
let picker = UIImagePickerController()
picker.delegate = self
picker.allowsEditing = true
present(picker, animated: true, completion: nil)
}