UIImagePickerController not presenting in iOS 8

Question

Is anyone else having an issue with UIImagePickerController in iOS 8? The method below works perfectly well in iOS 7 on an iPad, but I get the following error

Answer 1

I went through a lot of pain coming up with a solution which works on both iPad and iPhone, this is the final code which some of it comes from comments of other people: the code has some bugs but it's a very good place to start :)

definitions :

__weak IBOutlet UIButton *attachButton;
UIImage *image;

button's action :

    - (IBAction)doAttach:(id)sender {
    UIActionSheet *action = [[UIActionSheet alloc] initWithTitle:@"Select image from" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel" destructiveButtonTitle:nil otherButtonTitles:@"From library",@"From camera", nil] ;
    [action showInView:self.view];
  }



#pragma mark - ActionSheet delegates

- (void)actionSheet:(UIActionSheet *)actionSheet clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex
{
    if( buttonIndex == 1 ) {
        AVAuthorizationStatus authStatus = [AVCaptureDevice authorizationStatusForMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];
        if(authStatus == AVAuthorizationStatusAuthorized)
        {
            NSLog(@"%@", @"You have camera access");
        }
        else if(authStatus == AVAuthorizationStatusDenied)
        {
            NSLog(@"%@", @"Denied camera access");

            [AVCaptureDevice requestAccessForMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo completionHandler:^(BOOL granted) {
                if(granted){
                    NSLog(@"Granted access to %@", AVMediaTypeVideo);
                } else {
                    [self.presentedViewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
                    UIAlertController* alert = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:@“no camera access“
                                                                                   message: @“if you need to use camera in this application go to settings -> appName -> and turn on camera.”
                                                                            preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];

                    UIAlertAction* defaultAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@“ok” style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
                                                                          handler:^(UIAlertAction * action) {
                                                                          }];
                    [alert addAction:defaultAction];

                    [self presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];


                    NSLog(@"Not granted access to %@", AVMediaTypeVideo);
                    return ;
                }
            }];
        }
        else if(authStatus == AVAuthorizationStatusRestricted)
        {
            [self.presentedViewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
            UIAlertController* alert = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:@“no camera access“
                                                                                   message: @“if you need to use camera in this application go to settings -> appName -> and turn on camera.”
                                                                            preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];

            UIAlertAction* defaultAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@“ok” style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
                                                                  handler:^(UIAlertAction * action) {
                                                                  }];
            [alert addAction:defaultAction];

            [self presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];


            NSLog(@"%@", @"Restricted, normally won't happen");
        }
        else if(authStatus == AVAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined)
        {
            NSLog(@"%@", @"Camera access not determined. Ask for permission.");

            [AVCaptureDevice requestAccessForMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo completionHandler:^(BOOL granted) {
                if(granted){
                    NSLog(@"Granted access to %@", AVMediaTypeVideo);
                } else {
                    NSLog(@"Not granted access to %@", AVMediaTypeVideo);
                    return ;
                }
            }];
        }
        else
        {
            [self.presentedViewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
            UIAlertController* alert = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:@“No camera access“
                                                                           message: @“error accusing camera”
                                                                    preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];

            UIAlertAction* defaultAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@“ok” style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
                                                                  handler:^(UIAlertAction * action) {
                                                                  }];
            [alert addAction:defaultAction];

            [self presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];


            return;
            //NSLog(@"%@", @"Camera access unknown error.");
        }

        if ([UIImagePickerController isSourceTypeAvailable:UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera]) {


            UIImagePickerController *pickerView =[[UIImagePickerController alloc]init];
            pickerView.allowsEditing = YES;
            pickerView.delegate = self;
            pickerView.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;


            if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom] == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad) {

                [ self.presentedViewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil ];

                pickerView.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationPopover;
                UIPopoverPresentationController *popPC = pickerView.popoverPresentationController;
                popPC.sourceView = attachButton;
                popPC.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny;
                [self presentViewController:pickerView animated:YES completion:nil];
            } else {
                [self presentModalViewController:pickerView animated:YES ];
            }
        }

    }else if( buttonIndex == 0 ) {

        ALAuthorizationStatus status = [ALAssetsLibrary authorizationStatus];
        switch (status) {
            case ALAuthorizationStatusRestricted:
            case ALAuthorizationStatusDenied:
            {
                [self.presentedViewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
                UIAlertController* alert = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:@“no access to library”
                                                                               message: @“if you wish to access photos in this app go to settings -> appName-> and turn on photos .”
                                                                        preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];

                UIAlertAction* defaultAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@“ok” style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
                                                                      handler:^(UIAlertAction * action) {
                                                                      }];
                [alert addAction:defaultAction];

                [self presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];

            }
                break;

            default:
            {
                UIImagePickerController *pickerView = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
                pickerView.allowsEditing = YES;
                pickerView.delegate = self;

                [pickerView setSourceType:UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary];


                if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom] == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad) {

                    [ self.presentedViewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil ];

                    pickerView.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationPopover;
                    UIPopoverPresentationController *popup = pickerView.popoverPresentationController;
                    popup.sourceView = attachButton;
                    popup.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny;
                    [self presentViewController:pickerView animated:YES completion:nil];
                } else {
                    [self presentModalViewController:pickerView animated:YES ];
                }
            }
                break;
        }



    }
}

#pragma mark - PickerDelegates

- (void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info{

    [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:true];

    UIImage * img = [info valueForKey:UIImagePickerControllerEditedImage];
    image = img;

}

Answer 2

performSelector:withObject:afterDelay solved my problem.

also didDismissWithButtonIndex do the trick.

Max

Answer 3

Here is a solution that worked for me

if([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue]>=8.0)
{
    [[NSOperationQueue mainQueue] addOperationWithBlock:^{

        [self presentViewController:cameraUI animated:NO completion:nil];
    }];

}
else{

    [controller presentViewController:cameraUI animated:NO completion:nil];
}

Remember to alloc cameraUI

UIImagePickerController *cameraUI = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
cameraUI.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;

Build and Go!

Answer 4

You can dismiss the presented view controller (if any) by using

[self.presentedViewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];

This worked for me.

Answer 5

On iOS 8 you should use the new API:

if (SYSTEM_VERSION_IOS_8) {
    self.imagePickerController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationPopover;
    UIPopoverPresentationController *popPC = self.imagePickerController.popoverPresentationController;
    popPC.barButtonItem = self.popoverItem;
    popPC.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny;
    [self presentViewController:self.imagePickerController animated:YES completion:nil]
}

I recommend you watch the 2014 WWDC session 228 a look in side presentation controllers

Answer 6

Here's a Xamarin solution. What worked for me was to add my actions to a Dismissed event handler.

this.btnPhoto.TouchUpInside += (sender, e) =>
{
    actionSheet = new UIActionSheet ("Add Photo");
    actionSheet.AddButton ("Take Photo");
    actionSheet.AddButton ("Select from Library");
    actionSheet.AddButton ("Cancel");
    actionSheet.DestructiveButtonIndex = -1; // red
    actionSheet.CancelButtonIndex = 3;  // black
    actionSheet.Clicked += delegate(object a, UIButtonEventArgs b)
    {
        actionSheet.Dismissed += (object aSender, UIButtonEventArgs dismissArgs) => 
        {
            switch (dismissArgs.ButtonIndex)
            {
                case 0:
                    showCamera ();
                    break;
                case 1:
                    showPhotoLibrary ();
                    break;
            }
        };
    };
    actionSheet.ShowInView (view);
};