Can you save an edited RAW .dng file on iOS?

Question

I want to build an iOS 10 app that lets you shoot a RAW (.dng) image, edit it, and then saved the edited .dng file to the camera roll. By combining

Answer 1

This answer comes late, but it may help others with the problem. This is how I saved a raw photo to the camera roll as a .dng file.

Just to note, I captured the photo using the camera with AVFoundation.

 import Photos
 import AVFoundation 

 //reading in the photo data in as a data object
 let photoData = AVCapturePhotoOutput.dngPhotoDataRepresentation(forRawSampleBuffer: sampleBuffer, previewPhotoSampleBuffer: previewPhotoSampleBuffer)

 // put it into a temporary file
 let temporaryDNGFileURL = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: NSTemporaryDirectory()).appendingPathComponent("temp.dng")!     
 try! photoData?.write(to: temporaryDNGFileURL)

 // get access to photo library
 PHPhotoLibrary.requestAuthorization { status in
            if status == .authorized {

                // Perform changes to the library
                PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({

                    let options = PHAssetResourceCreationOptions()
                    options.shouldMoveFile = true

                    //Write Raw:
                    PHAssetCreationRequest.forAsset().addResource(with: .photo, fileURL: temporaryDNGFileURL, options: options)

                    }, completionHandler: { success, error in
                        if let error = error { print(error) }
                })

            }
            else { print("cant access photo album") }
}

Hope it helps.