Image not returned by didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:

Question

I'm basically trying to 'get' an image from the users photo library (or camera). The problem is, no image is returned when on iPad (Compatibility mode). Here is the code:

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

    NSLog(@"info: %@", info);
}

iPhone and iPhone simulator log (Original image exists):

info: {
UIImagePickerControllerMediaType = "public.image";
UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage = "<UIImage: 0x6b6b4e0>";
UIImagePickerControllerReferenceURL = "assets-library://asset/asset.JPG?id=39D9190B-064F-4C80-9B93-B4CA4FE01B22&ext=JPG";
}

iPad and iPad simulator (Compatibility mode) log: (there is no Original Image!)

 info: {
UIImagePickerControllerMediaType = "public.image";
UIImagePickerControllerReferenceURL = "assets-library://asset/asset.JPG?id=72AF462A-A8CE-4474-9535-B59A3154087D&ext=JPG";
}

Any ideas on why this is happening? I really need the iPad image.

I tried getting the image from the assets library (am i doing this correctly?), but the image is null.

NSURL *imageSource = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerReferenceURL];
UIImage *image1 = [[UIImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:[imageSource absoluteString]];

Thank you for any suggestions.

EDIT: I tried building the application in the iPad 4.3 simulator. Here there are no problems in retrieving the image - the original image exists in the info dictionary. Is there another way to do it in IOS 5?

Answer 1

If you're sure the iPad has the image, it sounds like a bug.

But since you can get the reference url, you can use ALAsset API to get the image.

sorry, it should be ALAssets.

For your reference,

- (void)assetForURL:(NSURL *)assetURL resultBlock:(ALAssetsLibraryAssetForURLResultBlock)resultBlock failureBlock:(ALAssetsLibraryAccessFailureBlock)failureBlock

it is a method of ALAssetsLibrary.

For more, you can check the document from Apple.