Determine if the access to photo library is set or not - PHPhotoLibrary

Question

With the new functionality in iOS 8, if you are using a camera in the app, it will ask for permission to access the camera and then when you try to retake the pic, it asks f

Answer 1

UPDATE for: SWIFT 3 IOS10

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Note: import Photos in AppDelegate.swift as follows

// AppDelegate.swift

import UIKit

import Photos

...

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func applicationDidBecomeActive(_ application: UIApplication) {
    // Restart any tasks that were paused (or not yet started) while the application was inactive. If the application was previously in the background, optionally refresh the user interface.
    photoLibraryAvailabilityCheck()

}

//MARK:- PHOTO LIBRARY ACCESS CHECK
func photoLibraryAvailabilityCheck()
{
    if PHPhotoLibrary.authorizationStatus() == PHAuthorizationStatus.authorized
    {

    }
    else
    {
        PHPhotoLibrary.requestAuthorization(requestAuthorizationHandler)
    }
}
func requestAuthorizationHandler(status: PHAuthorizationStatus)
{
    if PHPhotoLibrary.authorizationStatus() == PHAuthorizationStatus.authorized
    {

    }
    else
    {
        alertToEncouragePhotoLibraryAccessWhenApplicationStarts()
    }
}

//MARK:- CAMERA & GALLERY NOT ALLOWING ACCESS - ALERT
func alertToEncourageCameraAccessWhenApplicationStarts()
{
    //Camera not available - Alert
    let internetUnavailableAlertController = UIAlertController (title: "Camera Unavailable", message: "Please check to see if it is disconnected or in use by another application", preferredStyle: .alert)

    let settingsAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Settings", style: .destructive) { (_) -> Void in
        let settingsUrl = NSURL(string:UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString)
        if let url = settingsUrl {
            DispatchQueue.main.async {
                UIApplication.shared.open(url as URL, options: [:], completionHandler: nil) //(url as URL)
            }

        }
    }
    let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Okay", style: .default, handler: nil)
    internetUnavailableAlertController .addAction(settingsAction)
    internetUnavailableAlertController .addAction(cancelAction)
    self.window?.rootViewController!.present(internetUnavailableAlertController , animated: true, completion: nil)
}
func alertToEncouragePhotoLibraryAccessWhenApplicationStarts()
{
    //Photo Library not available - Alert
    let cameraUnavailableAlertController = UIAlertController (title: "Photo Library Unavailable", message: "Please check to see if device settings doesn't allow photo library access", preferredStyle: .alert)

    let settingsAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Settings", style: .destructive) { (_) -> Void in
        let settingsUrl = NSURL(string:UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString)
        if let url = settingsUrl {
            UIApplication.shared.open(url as URL, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)
        }
    }
    let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Okay", style: .default, handler: nil)
    cameraUnavailableAlertController .addAction(settingsAction)
    cameraUnavailableAlertController .addAction(cancelAction)
    self.window?.rootViewController!.present(cameraUnavailableAlertController , animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Answer updated from Alvin George