Taking Pictures and UIImagePickerController
In the takePicture(_:) method, you will instantiate a UIImagePickerController and present it on the screen. When creating an instance of UIImagePickerController, you must set its sourceType property and assign it a delegate. Because there is set-up work needed for the image picker controller, you need to create and present it programmatically instead of through the storyboard.
Setting the image picker’s sourceType
The sourceType constant tells the image picker where to get images. It has three possible values:
- UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.camera
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Allows the user to take a new photo.
- UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.photoLibrary
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Prompts the user to select an album ...
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