Getting the path of an ALAsset

Question

How can I get the path of each item in an array of ALAssets?

I would like to get the images so that I can add them to an email

e.g.

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Answer 1

If you have an array of ALAssets then you can load the asset data.

for (ALAsset *asset in assetsArray)
{
    // You cannot use ALAsset URL for file access in NSFileManager or NSData.
    // Get asset data. But be careful with very large data:
    ALAssetRepresentation *rep = [asset defaultRepresentation];
    unsigned long repSize      = (unsigned long)rep.size;

    Byte *buffer      = (Byte *)malloc(repSize);
    NSUInteger length = [rep getBytes:buffer fromOffset:0 length:repSize error:nil];

    NSData *myData = [NSData dataWithBytesNoCopy:buffer length:length freeWhenDone:YES];


    // fileName parameter in addAttachmentData:mimeType:fileName: can be any string.
    // You can take asset file name:
    NSString *fileName = [rep filename];

    // Then use in call:
    [mailViewController addAttachmentData:myData mimeType:@"image/png" fileName:fileName];
}