Save video to the gallery and get the path for the video stored to Gallery
This worked for me perfectly.
Swift 3.1 ->
PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
PHAssetChangeRequest.creationRequestForAssetFromVideo(atFileURL: url!)
}) { saved, error in
if saved {
let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()
fetchOptions.sortDescriptors = [NSSortDescriptor(key: "creationDate", ascending: true)]
// After uploading we fetch the PHAsset for most recent video and then get its current location url
let fetchResult = PHAsset.fetchAssets(with: .video, options: fetchOptions).lastObject
PHImageManager().requestAVAsset(forVideo: fetchResult!, options: nil, resultHandler: { (avurlAsset, audioMix, dict) in
let newObj = avurlAsset as! AVURLAsset
print(newObj.url)
// This is the URL we need now to access the video from gallery directly.
})
}
}
First, you need to set the following permission in your app's plist file:
Privacy - Photo Library Usage Description
Provide a string that is presented to the user explaining why you are requesting the permission.
Next,
import photos
Then use this code to store video
PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
PHAssetChangeRequest.creationRequestForAssetFromVideo(atFileURL: fileURL)
}) { saved, error in
if saved {
let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()
fetchOptions.sortDescriptors = [NSSortDescriptor(key: "creationDate", ascending: false)]
let fetchResult = PHAsset.fetchAssets(with: .video, options: fetchOptions).firstObject
// fetchResult is your latest video PHAsset
// To fetch latest image replace .video with .image
}
}
To get url from PHAsset, refer to this question's answer
If you want to fetch the saved element (not using a sort descriptor with date order), you can do it this way:
var changeRequest: PHAssetChangeRequest?
var blockPlaceholder: PHObjectPlaceholder?
PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
changeRequest = PHAssetChangeRequest.creationRequestForAssetFromVideo(atFileURL: url!)
blockPlaceholder = changeRequest?.placeholderForCreatedAsset
}) { saved, error in
if saved {
guard let placeholder = blockPlaceholder else {
return
}
let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()
let fetchResult:PHFetchResult = PHAsset.fetchAssets(withLocalIdentifiers: [placeholder.localIdentifier], options: fetchOptions)
if let asset = fetchResult.firstObject {
//here you have the PHAsset
}
}
}