How to allow user to pick the image with Swift?

Question

I am writing my first iOS application (iPhone only) with Swift. The main application view should allow user to choose the image from the photo gallery.

I\'ve found

Answer 1

here is an easy way to do it:

but first you have to add ( Privacy - Photo Library Usage Description ) in the info.plist, and you should have a button and a UIImageView in your viewController.

then create an outlet of the UIImageView ( in this code the outlet is called myImage), and an action of the button ( I called the action importing in my code )

import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController, UIImagePickerControllerDelegate, UINavigationControllerDelegate {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

    }
    @IBOutlet weak var myImage: UIImageView!
    @IBAction func importing(_ sender: Any) {
        let Picker = UIImagePickerController()
        Picker.delegate = self
        Picker.sourceType = .photoLibrary
        self.present(Picker, animated: true, completion: nil)
        Picker.allowsEditing = true
        Picker.mediaTypes = UIImagePickerController.availableMediaTypes(for: .photoLibrary)!
    }

     func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController,didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : Any])
    {
        let chosenImage = info[UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage] as! UIImage //1
        myImage.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit //2
        myImage.image = chosenImage //3
        dismiss(animated:true, completion: nil) //4
    }

}

Answer 2

If you just want let the user choose image with UIImagePickerController use this code:

import UIKit


class ViewController: UIViewController, UINavigationControllerDelegate, UIImagePickerControllerDelegate {

    @IBOutlet var imageView: UIImageView!
    @IBOutlet var chooseBuuton: UIButton!
    var imagePicker = UIImagePickerController()

    @IBAction func btnClicked() {

        if UIImagePickerController.isSourceTypeAvailable(.savedPhotosAlbum){
            print("Button capture")

            imagePicker.delegate = self
            imagePicker.sourceType = .savedPhotosAlbum
            imagePicker.allowsEditing = false

            present(imagePicker, animated: true, completion: nil)
        }
    }

    func imagePickerController(picker: UIImagePickerController!, didFinishPickingImage image: UIImage!, editingInfo: NSDictionary!){
        self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: { () -> Void in

        })

        imageView.image = image
    }
}

Answer 3

You can do like here

var avatarImageView = UIImageView()
var imagePicker = UIImagePickerController()
        
func takePhotoFromGallery() {
    imagePicker.delegate = self
    imagePicker.sourceType = .savedPhotosAlbum
    imagePicker.allowsEditing = true
    
    present(imagePicker, animated: true)
}

func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController,
                           didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [UIImagePickerController.InfoKey : Any]) {
    if let pickedImage = info[.originalImage] as? UIImage {
        avatarImageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFill
        avatarImageView.image = pickedImage
    }
    self.dismiss(animated: true)
}

Hope this was helpful

Answer 4

    @IBAction func chooseProfilePicBtnClicked(sender: AnyObject) {
    let alert:UIAlertController=UIAlertController(title: "Choose Image", message: nil, preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.ActionSheet)
    let cameraAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Camera", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default)
        {
            UIAlertAction in
            self.openCamera()
    }
    let gallaryAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Gallary", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default)
        {
            UIAlertAction in
            self.openGallary()
    }
    let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Cancel)
        {
            UIAlertAction in
    }

    // Add the actions
    picker.delegate = self
    alert.addAction(cameraAction)
    alert.addAction(gallaryAction)
    alert.addAction(cancelAction)
    self.presentViewController(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
func openCamera(){
    if(UIImagePickerController .isSourceTypeAvailable(UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.Camera)){
        picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.Camera
        self .presentViewController(picker, animated: true, completion: nil)
    }else{
        let alert = UIAlertView()
        alert.title = "Warning"
        alert.message = "You don't have camera"
        alert.addButtonWithTitle("OK")
        alert.show()
    }
}
func openGallary(){
    picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.PhotoLibrary
    self.presentViewController(picker, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
//MARK:UIImagePickerControllerDelegate
func imagePickerController(picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : AnyObject]){
    picker .dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
    imageViewRef.image=info[UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage] as? UIImage
}
func imagePickerControllerDidCancel(picker: UIImagePickerController){
    print("picker cancel.")
}

Answer 5

Of course, above answers solve the main problem.

I faced a crash in Swift 3.0 while launching the photo album because Info.plist did not had these flags:

1. Privacy - Photo Library Usage Description -> NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription

2. Privacy - Camera Usage Description -> NSCameraUsageDescription

[

Please add them if you face similar issue.

Thanks !

Answer 6

If you want to pick only normal image you can use below code,that check that the picked image is not panorama image.

let picker = UIImagePickerController()

func photoFromLibrary() {

        self.picker.allowsEditing = true
        self.picker.sourceType = .photoLibrary
        //picker.mediaTypes = UIImagePickerController.availableMediaTypes(for: .photoLibrary)!

        self.present(self.picker, animated: true, completion: nil)

}

func shootPhoto() {

            if UIImagePickerController.isSourceTypeAvailable(.camera) {
                self.picker.allowsEditing = true
                self.picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.camera
                self.picker.cameraCaptureMode = .photo
                self.picker.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen
                self.present(self.picker,animated: true,completion: nil)
            }

}

//Image picker delegate
func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : Any]) {

    let str = "\(info["UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage"]!)"

    let s = str.slice(from: "{", to: "}")

    if let arr = s?.components(separatedBy: ","){
        if arr.count >= 2 {
            if Int(arr[0])! > 11000 {
                picker.dismiss(animated:true, completion: nil)
                self.makeToast("Invalid Image!!!")
                return
            }
                     }
        }
    }

    if  let image = info[UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage] as? UIImage{
        self.UserImageView.image = image
    }
    picker.dismiss(animated:true, completion: nil)
}


func imagePickerControllerDidCancel(_ picker: UIImagePickerController)
{
    picker.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}