Parse array images saving and fetching

Question

I have a mosaic app that takes multiple size photos and breaks them into smaller photos. Depending on the size of the photo, the amount of smaller photos could vary. Now I h

Answer 1

I think you're trying to do something like this. This is just an example. There's a lot of work to be done but hopefully this will get you started. I did not run or test this code.

The idea is to save your images as PFFiles, and create a 'tile' PFObject for each file. Then save all the 'tile' PFObjects to a 'tiles' key of the image PFObject. Then recall the image when you need it by objectId.

Good luck.

let appleTiles = ["apple1, apple2, apple3"]
let orangeTiles = ["orange1, orange2, orange3, orange4, orange5"]

func usage() {

    //dont literally run these synchronously like this
    post(appleTiles)
    post(orangeTiles)
    download()
}

func post(_ tileNames: [String]) {

    let image = PFObject(className: "Image")

    let tilesPF = tileNames.map({ name in
        let data = UIImagePNGRepresentation(UIImage(named: name))!
        let file = PFFile(data: data)

        let tile = PFObject(className: "Tile")
        tile["tile"] = file
    })

    image["tiles"] = tilesPF

    image?.saveInBackground(block: { responseObject, error in

        //you'll want to save the object ID of the PFObject if you want to retrieve a specific image later
    })
}

func download() {

    let query = PFQuery(className: "image")

    //add this if you have a specific image you want to get
    query.whereKey("objectId", equalTo: "someObjectId")

    query.findObjectsInBackground({ result, error in

        //this is probably close to how you'd unwrap everything but again, I didn't test it so...
        if let objects = result as? [PFObject], let first = objects.first, let image = first["image"] as? PFObject, let tiles = image["tiles"] as? [PFObject] {

            tiles.forEach({ tile in

                let file = tile["tile"]

                //now you have an individual PFFile for a tile, do something with it
            })
        }
    })
}