For Swift 4
using this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/28904792/4795651 edited a little for myself.
import Photos
func fetchCustomAlbumPhotos()
{
let albumName = "Album Name Here"
var assetCollection = PHAssetCollection()
var albumFound = Bool()
var photoAssets = PHFetchResult<AnyObject>()
let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()
fetchOptions.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "title = %@", albumName)
let collection:PHFetchResult = PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollections(with: .album, subtype: .any, options: fetchOptions)
if let firstObject = collection.firstObject{
//found the album
assetCollection = firstObject
albumFound = true
}
else { albumFound = false }
_ = collection.count
photoAssets = PHAsset.fetchAssets(in: assetCollection, options: nil) as! PHFetchResult<AnyObject>
let imageManager = PHCachingImageManager()
photoAssets.enumerateObjects{(object: AnyObject!,
count: Int,
stop: UnsafeMutablePointer<ObjCBool>) in
if object is PHAsset{
let asset = object as! PHAsset
print("Inside If object is PHAsset, This is number 1")
let imageSize = CGSize(width: asset.pixelWidth,
height: asset.pixelHeight)
/* For faster performance, and maybe degraded image */
let options = PHImageRequestOptions()
options.deliveryMode = .fastFormat
options.isSynchronous = true
imageManager.requestImage(for: asset,
targetSize: imageSize,
contentMode: .aspectFill,
options: options,
resultHandler: {
(image, info) -> Void in
self.photo = image!
/* The image is now available to us */
self.addImgToArray(uploadImage: self.photo!)
print("enum for image, This is number 2")
})
}
}
}
func addImgToArray(uploadImage:UIImage)
{
self.images.append(uploadImage)
}
For Swift 2.1
import Photos
func FetchCustomAlbumPhotos()
{
var albumName = "SwiftAlbum"
var assetCollection = PHAssetCollection()
var albumFound = Bool()
var photoAssets = PHFetchResult()
let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()
fetchOptions.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "title = %@", albumName)
let collection:PHFetchResult = PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollectionsWithType(.Album, subtype: .Any, options: fetchOptions)
if let first_Obj:AnyObject = collection.firstObject{
//found the album
assetCollection = collection.firstObject as! PHAssetCollection
albumFound = true
}
else { albumFound = false }
var i = collection.count
photoAssets = PHAsset.fetchAssetsInAssetCollection(assetCollection, options: nil)
let imageManager = PHCachingImageManager()
// let imageManager = PHImageManager.defaultManager()
photoAssets.enumerateObjectsUsingBlock{(object: AnyObject!,
count: Int,
stop: UnsafeMutablePointer<ObjCBool>) in
if object is PHAsset{
let asset = object as! PHAsset
print("Inside If object is PHAsset, This is number 1")
let imageSize = CGSize(width: asset.pixelWidth,
height: asset.pixelHeight)
/* For faster performance, and maybe degraded image */
let options = PHImageRequestOptions()
options.deliveryMode = .FastFormat
options.synchronous = true
imageManager.requestImageForAsset(asset,
targetSize: imageSize,
contentMode: .AspectFill,
options: options,
resultHandler: {
(image, info) -> Void in
self.photo = image!
/* The image is now available to us */
self.addImgToArray(self.photo)
print("enum for image, This is number 2")
})
}
}
}
func addImgToArray(uploadImage:UIImage)
{
self.images.append(uploadImage)
}