iPhone - How to create a custom album and give custom names to photos in camera roll programmatically?

Question

I am developing an iPhone photo application, so i need to create a separate album with a name \"My Album\" in camera roll and i need to save my UIImageView image with custom

Answer 1

Create a new album:

/// Create album with given title
/// - Parameters:
///   - title: the title
///   - completionHandler: the completion handler
func createAlbum(withTitle title: String, completionHandler: @escaping (PHAssetCollection?) -> ()) {
    DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async {
        var placeholder: PHObjectPlaceholder?
        
        PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
            let createAlbumRequest = PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest.creationRequestForAssetCollection(withTitle: title)
            placeholder = createAlbumRequest.placeholderForCreatedAssetCollection
        }, completionHandler: { (created, error) in
            var album: PHAssetCollection?
            if created {
                let collectionFetchResult = placeholder.map { PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollections(withLocalIdentifiers: [$0.localIdentifier], options: nil) }
                album = collectionFetchResult?.firstObject
            }
            
            completionHandler(album)
        })
    }
}

Get an album with with a specified name:

/// Get album with given title
/// - Parameters:
///   - title: the title
///   - completionHandler: the completion handler
func getAlbum(title: String, completionHandler: @escaping (PHAssetCollection?) -> ()) {
    DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async { [weak self] in
        let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()
        fetchOptions.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "title = %@", title)
        let collections = PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollections(with: .album, subtype: .any, options: fetchOptions)
        
        if let album = collections.firstObject {
            completionHandler(album)
        } else {
            self?.createAlbum(withTitle: title, completionHandler: { (album) in
                completionHandler(album)
            })
        }
    }
}

And save a photo to a Photos album:

func save(photo: UIImage, toAlbum titled: String, completionHandler: @escaping (Bool, Error?) -> ()) {
    getAlbum(title: titled) { (album) in
        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async {
            PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
                let assetRequest = PHAssetChangeRequest.creationRequestForAsset(from: photo)
                let assets = assetRequest.placeholderForCreatedAsset
                    .map { [$0] as NSArray } ?? NSArray()
                let albumChangeRequest = album.flatMap { PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest(for: $0) }
                albumChangeRequest?.addAssets(assets)
            }, completionHandler: { (success, error) in
                completionHandler(success, error)
            })
        }
    }
}