November 2020
Beginner
1256 pages
34h 47m
English
Content preview from Programming iOS 14
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Chapter 18. Photo Library and Camera
The stored photos and videos accessed by the user through the Photos app constitute the device’s photo library:
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The PHPickerViewController class (new in iOS 14) can give the user an interface for exploring the photo library and choosing a photo. You’ll need to
import PhotosUI. -
The Photos framework, also known as PhotoKit, lets you access the photo library and its contents programmatically — including the ability to modify a photo’s image. You’ll need to
import Photos.
The user’s device may include one or more cameras, and your app might want to let the user take (capture) a photo or video:
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The UIImagePickerController class can give the user an interface similar to the Camera app, letting the user capture photos and videos.
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At a deeper level, the AV Foundation framework (Chapter 16) provides direct control over the camera hardware. You’ll need to
import AVFoundation.
The two subjects are related, especially because having allowed the user to capture an image, you will typically store it in the photo library, just as the Camera app does. So this chapter treats them together.
Browsing the Photo Library
PHPickerViewController is a view controller providing an interface, similar to the Photos app, in which the user can choose an item from the photo library. (PHPickerViewController is new in iOS 14, superseding the use of UIImagePickerController for this purpose.) You are expected to treat the PHPickerViewController as a presented view ...
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