Save generated GIF to camera roll?

Question

Thanks for reading. I\'ve created a GIF using methods from this question:

Create and and export an animated gif via iOS?

I\'m trying to use the only method that

Answer 1

Here is an updated answer using PHPhotoLibrary, since ALAssetsLibrary is deprecated.

I used this answer from another user - 陈星旺

PHPhotoLibrary save a gif data

NSString *exportPath = [NSTemporaryDirectory() stringByAppendingString:@"/animated.gif"];
NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:exportPath isDirectory:NO];
NSData * gifData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:fileURL.absoluteString];

[[PHPhotoLibrary sharedPhotoLibrary] performChanges:^{

    PHAssetResourceCreationOptions *options = [[PHAssetResourceCreationOptions alloc] init];
    [[PHAssetCreationRequest creationRequestForAsset]
     addResourceWithType:PHAssetResourceTypePhoto
     data:gifData
     options:options];

} completionHandler:^(BOOL success, NSError * _Nullable error) {

    if (success) {
        NSLog(@"image saved!");
    } else {
        NSLog(@"error saving image - %@", error ? error.localizedDescription : @"");
    }
}];

If you needed to download the GIF data from a URL, you could use this:

NSData *gifData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:theGIFsURL];