Saving a Video to the Photo Library - iPhone SDK - iphone

Question

Is there any way for me to save a video in the Documents directory to the Photos Library? I have the link of the video in the documents directory, I just don't know how to save it to the Photos app.
Thanks,
Kevin

Answer 1

If you are saving it in a local directory first, then you can save it as..
ALAssetsLibrary *assetLibrary = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];
[assetLibrary writeVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum:url completionBlock:^(NSURL *assetURL, NSError *error){
if(error) {
NSLog(#"error while saving to camera roll %#",[error localizedDescription]);
} else {
//For removing the back up copy from the documents directory
NSError *removeError = nil;
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] removeItemAtURL:url error:&removeError];
NSLog(#"%#",[removeError localizedDescription]);
}
}];

Answer 2

Use the UISaveVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum function.

Answer 3

Try this
You can also use this code to download and save video from internet to Photos.
NSURL *videoUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"Your Video Url or Path"]];
dispatch_queue_t q = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGH, 0ul);
dispatch_async(q, ^{
NSData *videoData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:videoUrl];
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
// Write it to cache directory
NSString *videoPath = [[NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSCachesDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0] stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"file.mov"];
[videoData writeToFile:videoPath atomically:YES];
// After that use this path to save it to PhotoLibrary
ALAssetsLibrary *library = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];
[library writeVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:videoPath] completionBlock:^(NSURL *assetURL, NSError *error)
{
if (error)
{
NSLog("Error");
}
else
{
NSLog("Success");
}
}];
});
});