How to save an image picked from a UIImagePickerController in Swift?

Question

I\'m building an app where I let the user to pick an image from its photo library. I was using this code to save it.

func imagePickerController(picker: UIIma         


        

Answer 1

You can save and retrieve it using NSUserDefaults:

//Save image
let img = UIImage() //Change to be from UIPicker
let data = UIImagePNGRepresentation(img)
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setObject(data, forKey: "myImageKey")
NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().synchronize()

//Get image
if let imgData = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().objectForKey("myImageKey") as? NSData {
    let retrievedImg = UIImage(data: imgData)
}

Or you can read / write to file, if you prefer:

//Save image
let img = UIImage() //Change to be from UIPicker
let data = UIImagePNGRepresentation(img)!
do {
    let documentsPath = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.DocumentDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true)[0] as String
    try data.writeToFile("\(documentsPath)myImage", options: [])

} catch {
    print("Error")
}

//Get image
do {
    let documentsPath = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.DocumentDirectory, .UserDomainMask, true)[0] as String
    let readData = try NSData(contentsOfFile: "\(documentsPath)myImage", options: [])
    let retreivedImage = UIImage(data: readData)
}
catch {
    print("Error")
}

Swift 3:

//Save image
let data = UIImagePNGRepresentation(pickedImage)!
do {
    let documentsPath = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.documentDirectory, .userDomainMask, true)[0] as String
    try data.write(to: URL(string: "\(documentsPath)/myImage")!, options: .atomic)
} catch {
    print("Error")
}

//Get image
do {
    let documentsPath = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.documentDirectory, .userDomainMask, true)[0] as String
    let readData = try Data(contentsOf: URL(string: "\(documentsPath)/myImage")!)
    let retreivedImage = UIImage(data: readData)
} catch {
    print("Error")
}