Ask permission to access Camera Roll

Question

I have a settings view where the user can choose switch on or off the feature \'Export to Camera Roll\'

When the user switches it on for the first time (and

Answer 1

Since iOS 8 with Photos framework use:

Swift 3.0:

PHPhotoLibrary.requestAuthorization { status in
    switch status {
    case .authorized:
        <#your code#>
    case .restricted:
        <#your code#>
    case .denied:
        <#your code#>
    default:
        // place for .notDetermined - in this callback status is already determined so should never get here
        break
    }
}

Objective-C:

[PHPhotoLibrary requestAuthorization:^(PHAuthorizationStatus status) {
    switch (status) {
        case PHAuthorizationStatusAuthorized:
            <#your code#>
            break;
        case PHAuthorizationStatusRestricted:
            <#your code#>
            break;
        case PHAuthorizationStatusDenied:
            <#your code#>
            break;
        default:
            break;
    }
}];

Important note from documentation:

This method always returns immediately. If the user has previously granted or denied photo library access permission, it executes the handler block when called; otherwise, it displays an alert and executes the block only after the user has responded to the alert.