give ios simulator permission to access photo albums

Question

I've an iphone app where the user is able to upload photos. During test on ios simulator, everytime I click the "upload image" button, the simulator pops up an alert that says I should give the app permission to access photo albums.

The problem is that the simulator never asked me before if I want to give it access or not. And when I go to privacy settings on the simulator -> photos, I do no see the app to toggle it ON!

I tried resetting content & settings of the simulator, but that didn't solve the problem.

I'm using xCode 5.0.2 Simulator 7.0 iOS 6.1 simulator component

When you click on the "upload image" button, are you calling `UIImagePickerController` somewhere? — jbouaziz, Feb 17 '14 at 16:43
I did reset the settings for location & privacy from inside the simulator, and that didn't solve it. The app still pops up an alert that I should give it permission, but it does not ask me if I want or not, and it does not show up on photo privacy either. — Mohammad Alfares, Feb 17 '14 at 16:49

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 17 '14 at 16:43

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did you check Settings->Privacy->Photos? you should allow your app have full access here.

answered Feb 17 '14 at 16:43

Jerry Juang

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If you read the question the OO states that this setting is already ON. – rmaddy Feb 17 '14 at 16:49
If i go there, I do not see the app to toggle it ON. It's just empty – Mohammad Alfares Feb 17 '14 at 16:58

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 18 '14 at 00:30

add following code to somewhere

UIImagePickerController* picker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc]init];
picker.delegate = self;
picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary;

[self presentViewController:picker animated:YES completion:Nil];

remember to add this function to handle picked image

- (void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info
{
    [picker dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}

try this then to see what happened on your machine.

Thanks alot Jerry, the problem was somewhere else – Mohammad Alfares Feb 19 '14 at 12:04 — Mohammad Alfares, Feb 19 '14 at 12:04

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 19 '14 at 12:03

I found the problem

There is code

   if (status != ALAuthorizationStatusAuthorized) {

UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Alert" message:@"Please give the app access to photo album" delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"Close" otherButtonTitles:nil, nil];

[alert show]; }

I changed:

if (status != ALAuthorizationStatusAuthorized) {

to

if (status == ALAuthorizationStatusDenied) {

Then it worked and asked me for permission, accepted it, and everything is ok now

Thanks everyone

give ios simulator permission to access photo albums

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