How to take a picture and save it to the app locally with swift

Question

I\'m working on an app where in the current stage when a user takes a picture the picture will be stored locally within the app.

 @IBAction func CameraAction(se         


        

Answer 1

let fileDirectory : NSURL  = {
       return try! NSFileManager.defaultManager().URLForDirectory(.DocumentDirectory , inDomain: .UserDomainMask , appropriateForURL: nil, create: true)
   }()


func imagePickerController(picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingImage image: UIImage, editingInfo: [String : AnyObject]?) {
    picker.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)

    //save to album 
    UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(image, nil, nil, nil)

   //or to documents 
   //If you want to use png you have to change it later in saveImageToDocumentMethod in the guard statement
   saveImageToDocuments(image, filenameWithExtension: "test.jpg")
}


func saveImageToDocuments(image: UIImage, fileNameWithExtension: String){

       let imagePath = fileDirectory.URLByAppendingPathComponent("\(fileNameWithExtension)")

       guard let imageData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(image, 1) else {
           // handle failed conversion
           print("jpg error")
           return
       }
       imageData.writeToFile((imagePath.path)!, atomically: true)

   }

When you want to use that image all you need to do is use the imagePath again and convert it into a UIImage.