This code snippet will get the latest image from the camera roll (iOS 7 and below):
ALAssetsLibrary *library = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];
// Enumerate just the photos and videos group by using ALAssetsGroupSavedPhotos.
[library enumerateGroupsWithTypes:ALAssetsGroupSavedPhotos usingBlock:^(ALAssetsGroup *group, BOOL *stop) {
// Within the group enumeration block, filter to enumerate just photos.
[group setAssetsFilter:[ALAssetsFilter allPhotos]];
// Chooses the photo at the last index
[group enumerateAssetsWithOptions:NSEnumerationReverse usingBlock:^(ALAsset *alAsset, NSUInteger index, BOOL *innerStop) {
// The end of the enumeration is signaled by asset == nil.
if (alAsset) {
ALAssetRepresentation *representation = [alAsset defaultRepresentation];
UIImage *latestPhoto = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:[representation fullScreenImage]];
// Stop the enumerations
*stop = YES; *innerStop = YES;
// Do something interesting with the AV asset.
[self sendTweet:latestPhoto];
}
}];
} failureBlock: ^(NSError *error) {
// Typically you should handle an error more gracefully than this.
NSLog(@"No groups");
}];
iOS 8 and above:
PHFetchOptions *fetchOptions = [[PHFetchOptions alloc] init];
fetchOptions.sortDescriptors = @[[NSSortDescriptor sortDescriptorWithKey:@"creationDate" ascending:YES]];
PHFetchResult *fetchResult = [PHAsset fetchAssetsWithMediaType:PHAssetMediaTypeImage options:fetchOptions];
PHAsset *lastAsset = [fetchResult lastObject];
[[PHImageManager defaultManager] requestImageForAsset:lastAsset
targetSize:self.photoLibraryButton.bounds.size
contentMode:PHImageContentModeAspectFill
options:PHImageRequestOptionsVersionCurrent
resultHandler:^(UIImage *result, NSDictionary *info) {
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
[[self photoLibraryButton] setImage:result forState:UIControlStateNormal];
});
}];