UIActivityViewController not showing "save to camera roll" option

Question

Currently I have a tableview listed with jpg images populated from a server. When i select one of the images the UIActivityController is displayed however there is no option for save to camera roll. The only options are the share to facebook, twitter, mail etc.

I would like it so I can have the option to save the image to the camera roll and also another option to click "view" and it will display it in a new detailed view. I mainly want to be able to save to the camera roll first then work on showing the detailed view.

This is the code i have so far.

    - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"Cell";

UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView
                         dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];


NSString *path = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://10.1.4.2:8080/DCIM/DCIM/VIDEOS/%@", [movieArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];
NSString *ext = [[path pathExtension] lowercaseString];

if([ext isEqualToString:@"jpg"]) {


    UIActivityViewController *objVC = [[UIActivityViewController alloc]initWithActivityItems:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:[NSURL URLWithString:path], nil] applicationActivities:nil];


    [self presentViewController:objVC animated:YES completion:nil];

}

FYI. In my case (XCode 13, iOS 15), to show "Save Image" option in activity view, first you need to add "Privacy - Photo Library Additions Usage Description” in info.plist. — Hong, Feb 18 '22 at 06:05

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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If you want the image to be saved, you need to pass in a UIImage object, not an NSURL object. See sample code in this Stack Overflow answer.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered May 29 '13 at 14:26

Aaron Brager

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The image object is from a url though. It is not locally stored in the project. @Aaron Brager – teejay May 30 '13 at 02:58
@teejay Yep. You'll need to download it. – Aaron Brager May 30 '13 at 13:41

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 26 '23 at 16:44

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I figured out that to have an option to save the images to camera roll via UIActivityViewController - it's required to add

<key>NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription</key>
<string>to let you export images to photo library</string>

to your Info.plist file.

answered Feb 26 '23 at 16:44

Naloiko Eugene

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UIActivityViewController not showing "save to camera roll" option

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