Using Adam's answer, and Marin Todorov's Category on ALAssetsLibrary, ALAssetsLibrary+CustomPhotoAlbum to create photo Albums, and place photos in them, this code below replaces the main workHorse in that Category, it works on both iOS7 devices and iOS 8.1 devices for those who need to have both.
it gives two warnings about performSelector on unknown class though, any improvements are appreciated:
(it will not copy a photo from a shared album that you did not create and will fail with message, any enhancements there also would be good)
1) add the "Photos" Frameworks, set to "optional"
2) include the import line #import < Photos/PHPhotoLibrary.h >
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- (void)addAssetURL:(NSURL *)assetURL
toAlbum:(NSString *)albumName
completion:(ALAssetsLibraryWriteImageCompletionBlock)completion
failure:(ALAssetsLibraryAccessFailureBlock)failure
{
NSLog();
__block BOOL albumWasFound = NO;
//-----------------------------------------
ALAssetsLibraryGroupsEnumerationResultsBlock enumerationBlock;
enumerationBlock = ^(ALAssetsGroup *group, BOOL *stop)
{
NSLog(@" ALAssetsLibraryGroupsEnumerationResultsBlock");
// Compare the names of the albums
if ([albumName compare:[group valueForProperty:ALAssetsGroupPropertyName]] == NSOrderedSame)
{
NSLog(@"--------------Target album is found");
// Target album is found
albumWasFound = YES;
// Get a hold of the photo's asset instance
// If the user denies access to the application, or if no application is allowed to
// access the data, the failure block is called.
ALAssetsLibraryAssetForURLResultBlock assetForURLResultBlock =
[self _assetForURLResultBlockWithGroup:group
assetURL:assetURL
completion:completion
failure:failure];
[self assetForURL:assetURL
resultBlock:assetForURLResultBlock
failureBlock:failure];
// Album was found, bail out of the method
*stop = YES;
}
if (group == nil && albumWasFound == NO)
{
NSLog(@"--------------Target album does not exist");
// Photo albums are over, target album does not exist, thus create it
// Since you use the assets library inside the block,
// ARC will complain on compile time that there’s a retain cycle.
// When you have this – you just make a weak copy of your object.
ALAssetsLibrary * __weak weakSelf = self;
// If iOS version is lower than 5.0, throw a warning message
if (! [self respondsToSelector:@selector(addAssetsGroupAlbumWithName:resultBlock:failureBlock:)])
{
NSLog(@"--------------Target album does not exist and does not respond to addAssetsGroupAlbumWithName");
} else {
NSLog(@"--------------Target album does not exist addAssetsGroupAlbumWithName");
// ----------- PHPhotoLibrary_class will only be non-nil on iOS 8.x.x -----------
Class PHPhotoLibrary_class = NSClassFromString(@"PHPhotoLibrary");
NSLog(@"PHPhotoLibrary_class %@ ", PHPhotoLibrary_class);
if (PHPhotoLibrary_class)
{
NSLog(@"iOS8");
// --------- dynamic runtime code -----------
id sharedPhotoLibrary = [PHPhotoLibrary_class performSelector:NSSelectorFromString(@"sharedPhotoLibrary")];
NSLog(@"sharedPhotoLibrary %@ ", sharedPhotoLibrary);
SEL performChanges = NSSelectorFromString(@"performChanges:completionHandler:");
NSMethodSignature *methodSig = [sharedPhotoLibrary methodSignatureForSelector:performChanges];
NSInvocation* inv = [NSInvocation invocationWithMethodSignature:methodSig];
[inv setTarget:sharedPhotoLibrary];
[inv setSelector:performChanges];
void(^firstBlock)() = ^void()
{
NSLog(@"firstBlock");
Class PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest_class = NSClassFromString(@"PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest");
SEL creationRequestForAssetCollectionWithTitle = NSSelectorFromString(@"creationRequestForAssetCollectionWithTitle:");
NSLog(@"PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest_class %@ ", PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest_class);
[PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest_class performSelector:creationRequestForAssetCollectionWithTitle withObject:albumName];
};
void (^secondBlock)(BOOL success, NSError *error) = ^void(BOOL success, NSError *error)
{
NSLog(@"secondBlock");
if (success)
{
NSLog(@"success");
[self enumerateGroupsWithTypes:ALAssetsGroupAlbum usingBlock:^(ALAssetsGroup *group, BOOL *fullStop)
{
if (group)
{
NSLog(@"group %@ ", group);
NSString *name = [group valueForProperty:ALAssetsGroupPropertyName];
if ([albumName isEqualToString:name])
{
NSLog(@"[albumName isEqualToString:name] %@ ", name);
ALAssetsLibraryAssetForURLResultBlock assetForURLResultBlock =
[self _assetForURLResultBlockWithGroup:group
assetURL:assetURL
completion:completion
failure:failure];
[self assetForURL:assetURL
resultBlock:assetForURLResultBlock
failureBlock:failure];
*fullStop = YES;
}
}
} failureBlock:failure];
}
if (error)
{
NSLog(@"Error creating album: %@", error);
}
};
// Set the success and failure blocks.
[inv setArgument:&firstBlock atIndex:2];
[inv setArgument:&secondBlock atIndex:3];
[inv invoke];
} else {
NSLog(@"iOS7");
[self addAssetsGroupAlbumWithName:albumName resultBlock:^(ALAssetsGroup *createdGroup)
{
// Get the photo's instance, add the photo to the newly created album
ALAssetsLibraryAssetForURLResultBlock assetForURLResultBlock =
[weakSelf _assetForURLResultBlockWithGroup:createdGroup
assetURL:assetURL
completion:completion
failure:failure];
[weakSelf assetForURL:assetURL
resultBlock:assetForURLResultBlock
failureBlock:failure];
}
failureBlock:failure];
}
}
// Should be the last iteration anyway, but just in case
*stop = YES;
}
};
// Search all photo albums in the library
[self enumerateGroupsWithTypes:ALAssetsGroupAlbum
usingBlock:enumerationBlock
failureBlock:failure];
}
