Get image name UIImagePickerController in Swift

Question

I use UIImagePickerController to get image from phone library (iOS). After edit mode i put image to my UIImageView. I want to save this image in Core Data to use it in anoth

Answer 1

Another good option is you can save your Image into Document Directory of your app and you can retrieve that image from anywhere like shown in below code:

func imagePickerController(picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [NSObject : AnyObject]) {
    self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
    let tempImage = info[UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage] as! UIImage

    // save your image here into Document Directory
    saveImage(tempImage, path: fileInDocumentsDirectory("tempImage"))

}

Here is the helper functions:

func saveImage (image: UIImage, path: String ) -> Bool{

    let pngImageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image)
    //let jpgImageData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(image, 1.0)   // if you want to save as JPEG
    let result = pngImageData.writeToFile(path, atomically: true)

    return result

}

// Get the documents Directory

func documentsDirectory() -> String {
    let documentsFolderPath = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSSearchPathDirectory.DocumentDirectory, NSSearchPathDomainMask.UserDomainMask, true)[0] as! String
    return documentsFolderPath
}
// Get path for a file in the directory

func fileInDocumentsDirectory(filename: String) -> String {
    return documentsDirectory().stringByAppendingPathComponent(filename)
}

And this way you can retrieve that image from Document Directory:

@IBAction func setImage(sender: AnyObject) {

    imageV.image = loadImageFromPath(fileInDocumentsDirectory("tempImage"))
}

And here is the helper function:

func loadImageFromPath(path: String) -> UIImage? {

    let image = UIImage(contentsOfFile: path)

    if image == nil {

        println("missing image at: (path)")
    }
    println("\(path)") // this is just for you to see the path in case you want to go to the directory, using Finder.
    return image

}

Hope It will help you.