Get last image from Photos.app?

Question

I have seen other apps do it where you can import the last photo from the Photos app for quick use but as far as I know, I only know how to get A image and not the last (mos

Answer 1

Heres a combination of iBrad's & Javier's answers (which worked great), but I am getting the thumbnail asset instead of the full resolution image. Some others may find this handy.

- (void)setCameraRollImage {
    ALAssetsLibrary *library = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];
    [library enumerateGroupsWithTypes:ALAssetsGroupSavedPhotos usingBlock:^(ALAssetsGroup *group, BOOL *stop) {
        [group setAssetsFilter:[ALAssetsFilter allPhotos]];
        if ([group numberOfAssets] > 0) {
            // Chooses the photo at the last index
            [group enumerateAssetsAtIndexes:[NSIndexSet indexSetWithIndex:([group numberOfAssets] - 1)] options:0 usingBlock:^(ALAsset *alAsset, NSUInteger index, BOOL *innerStop) {
                // The end of the enumeration is signaled by asset == nil.
                if (alAsset) {
                    UIImage *latestPhoto = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:[alAsset thumbnail]];
                    [self.cameraRollButton setImage:latestPhoto forState:UIControlStateNormal];
                }
            }];
        }
    } failureBlock: ^(NSError *error) {
    }];
}