Everyone.
Is there any way of accessing photos on my iphone without using UIImagePickerController?
Can I somehow use NSFileManager for this purpose? If not then is there any alternative?
Best Regards.
The Assets Library Framework allows you to access the photos and videos managed by the Photos application, which includes those that are in the saved photos album, those coming from iTunes and those that were directly imported into the device
See the official docs for more information.
There's also a very good tutorial here on how to use it, including a video.
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How can I retrieve and copy all photos/videos from Photos app to my application programmatically?
You need to make use of ALAssetsLibrary for iOS 4.0–9.0, or the Photos framework for iOS 8.0 and newer.
I don't think it's possible - Apple doesn't allow access to the photo library. (although i'm sure there is a way through jailbreak/private methods, but it won't be sanctioned by Apple).
You can, however, save photos with UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum and pick photos manually from the photo library with UIImagePickerController.
EDIT: Actually, it looks like you can get photos using the Assets Library. Check out this tutorial.
I am new to IOS development. I am developing an app in which i am viewing some images in my app that are stored on a server. The thing is that, i want an image from the server to store in my photo gallery. anyone know the procedure?
Thanks for every help;
You will have implement web services to access images from server, so that it can be downloaded to your iPhone App.
Look up the documentation for the UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum function. It will save a UIImage to the camera roll.
I am going to make an iPhone and Android application.
The application requires a couple of photos uploaded.
Could you please suggest me that are there any services in which I can upload photographs and can get their URL and photographs from webservice or xml in iPhone?
Thanks,
I don't know what you're trying to do, but I think flickr, facebook, etc. have this kind of functionality.
are there access to "Videos" library iPhone sdk(not to Photos)?
Yes, look up ALAssetsLibrary in the docs.
An instance of ALAssetsLibrary represents the videos and photos that are under the control of the Photos application.
The library includes those that are in the saved photos album, those coming from iTunes and those that were directly imported into the device. You use it to retrieve the list of all asset groups and to save images and videos into the Saved Photos album.
You create an instance of ALAssetsLibrary using alloc and init:
here you can find a bunch of useful videos
http://developer.apple.com/videos/iphone/#video-essentials-intro
I am building an app that allows user to pick videos/photos from camera or photo library.
If picked from photo library, is it possible to access to the video or photo's geotag? Thanks!
You can see an overview of how to approach this issue at the following related links:
Online guide available here:
http://iphone-land.blogspot.com/
Iphone-EXIF Guide here:
http://iphone-exif.googlecode.com/files/iphone-exif-guide-0.8.pdf
Downloadble source codes here:
http://code.google.com/p/iphone-exif/
I hope this is enough to guide you :)