Delete images in camera roll from code iOS

Question

Is there a way to delete images (and videos) in camera roll in the photos app that my app didn\'t create. I know you can\'t delete things from Asset Library that your app di

Answer 1

Yep, you can do this in iOS 8 using Photos framework.

For example if you have Assets URLs stored in NSArray *assetsURLs

PHPhotoLibrary *library = [PHPhotoLibrary sharedPhotoLibrary];
    [library performChanges:^{
        PHFetchResult *assetsToBeDeleted = [PHAsset fetchAssetsWithALAssetURLs:assetsURLs options:nil];
        [PHAssetChangeRequest deleteAssets:assetsToBeDeleted];
    } completionHandler:^(BOOL success, NSError *error)
     {
         //do something here
    }];

this code will ask user to confirm removal from Camera Roll.