This is the tutorial about "How to access all images from iPhonePhoto Library using ALAsset Library and show them on UIScrollView like iPhoneSimulator" .
First of all add AssetsLibrary.framework to your project.
Then in your viewController.h file import #import <AssetsLibrary/AssetsLibrary.h> header file.
This is your viewController.h file
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <AssetsLibrary/AssetsLibrary.h>
#import "AppDelegate.h"
@interface ViewController : UIViewController <UIScrollViewDelegate>
{
ALAssetsLibrary *assetsLibrary;
NSMutableArray *groups;
ALAssetsGroup *assetsGroup;
// I will show all images on `UIScrollView`
UIScrollView *myScrollView;
UIActivityIndicatorView *activityIndicator;
NSMutableArray *assetsArray;
// Will handle thumbnail of images
NSMutableArray *imageThumbnailArray;
// Will handle original images
NSMutableArray *imageOriginalArray;
UIButton *buttonImage;
}
-(void)displayImages;
-(void)loadScrollView;
@end
And this is your viewController.m file -
viewWillAppear:
#import "ViewController.h"
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
@implementation ViewController
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
assetsArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
imageThumbnailArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
imageOriginalArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
myScrollView = [[UIScrollView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 320.0, 416.0)];
myScrollView.delegate = self;
myScrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(320.0, 416.0);
myScrollView.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
activityIndicator = [[UIActivityIndicatorView alloc]initWithActivityIndicatorStyle:UIActivityIndicatorViewStyleGray];
activityIndicator.center = myScrollView.center;
[myScrollView addSubview:activityIndicator];
[self.view addSubview:myScrollView];
[activityIndicator startAnimating];
}
viewDidAppear:
-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
if (!assetsLibrary) {
assetsLibrary = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];
}
if (!groups) {
groups = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
}
else {
[groups removeAllObjects];
}
ALAssetsLibraryGroupsEnumerationResultsBlock listGroupBlock = ^(ALAssetsGroup *group, BOOL *stop) {
//NSLog(@"group %@",group);
if (group) {
[groups addObject:group];
//NSLog(@"groups %@",groups);
} else {
//Call display Images method here.
[self displayImages];
}
};
ALAssetsLibraryAccessFailureBlock failureBlock = ^(NSError *error) {
NSString *errorMessage = nil;
switch ([error code]) {
case ALAssetsLibraryAccessUserDeniedError:
case ALAssetsLibraryAccessGloballyDeniedError:
errorMessage = @"The user has declined access to it.";
break;
default:
errorMessage = @"Reason unknown.";
break;
}
};
[assetsLibrary enumerateGroupsWithTypes:ALAssetsGroupSavedPhotos usingBlock:listGroupBlock failureBlock:failureBlock];
}
And this is displayImages: method body
-(void)displayImages
{
// NSLog(@"groups %d",[groups count]);
for (int i = 0 ; i< [groups count]; i++) {
assetsGroup = [groups objectAtIndex:i];
if (!assetsArray) {
assetsArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
}
else {
[assetsArray removeAllObjects];
}
ALAssetsGroupEnumerationResultsBlock assetsEnumerationBlock = ^(ALAsset *result, NSUInteger index, BOOL *stop) {
if (result) {
[assetsArray addObject:result];
}
};
ALAssetsFilter *onlyPhotosFilter = [ALAssetsFilter allPhotos];
[assetsGroup setAssetsFilter:onlyPhotosFilter];
[assetsGroup enumerateAssetsUsingBlock:assetsEnumerationBlock];
}
//Seprate the thumbnail and original images
for(int i=0;i<[assetsArray count]; i++)
{
ALAsset *asset = [assetsArray objectAtIndex:i];
CGImageRef thumbnailImageRef = [asset thumbnail];
UIImage *thumbnail = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:thumbnailImageRef];
[imageThumbnailArray addObject:thumbnail];
ALAssetRepresentation *representation = [asset defaultRepresentation];
CGImageRef originalImage = [representation fullResolutionImage];
UIImage *original = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:originalImage];
[imageOriginalArray addObject:original];
}
[self loadScrollView];
}
Now you have two array one is imageThumbnailArray and another is imageOriginalArray.
Use imageThumbnailArray for showing on UIScrollView for which your scrolling will not be slow.... And use imageOriginalArray for an enlarged preview of image.
'loadScrollView:' method, This is how to images on UIScrollView like iPhoneSimulator
#pragma mark - LoadImages on UIScrollView
-(void)loadScrollView
{
float horizontal = 8.0;
float vertical = 8.0;
for(int i=0; i<[imageThumbnailArray count]; i++)
{
if((i%4) == 0 && i!=0)
{
horizontal = 8.0;
vertical = vertical + 70.0 + 8.0;
}
buttonImage = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[buttonImage setFrame:CGRectMake(horizontal, vertical, 70.0, 70.0)];
[buttonImage setTag:i];
[ buttonImage setImage:[imageThumbnailArray objectAtIndex:i] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[buttonImage addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonImagePressed:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[myScrollView addSubview:buttonImage];
horizontal = horizontal + 70.0 + 8.0;
}
[myScrollView setContentSize:CGSizeMake(320.0, vertical + 78.0)];
[activityIndicator stopAnimating];
[activityIndicator removeFromSuperview];
}
And here you can find which image button has been clicked -
#pragma mark - Button Pressed method
-(void)buttonImagePressed:(id)sender
{
NSLog(@"you have pressed : %d button",[sender tag]);
}
Hope this tutorial will help you and many users who search for the same.. Thank you!
