How to save taken photo

Question

I want to save my picture that I took in the app. I want to save the picture so that even if I close the app the picture is still saved. this is my code that i have written until now

-(IBAction)TakePhoto {
    picker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc]init];
    picker.delegate = self;
    [picker setSourceType:UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera];
    [self presentViewController:picker animated:YES completion:nil];
}

- (IBAction)ChooseExisting {
    picker2 = [[UIImagePickerController alloc]init];
    picker2.delegate = self;
    [picker2 setSourceType:UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary];
    [self presentViewController:picker2 animated:YES completion:nil];
}

- (void) imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info {
    image = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage];
    [imageview setImage:image];
    [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];

}
- (void)imagePickerControllerDidCancel:(UIImagePickerController *)picker {
    [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:NULL];
}

How should I make the app save the picture that I took and display it.

You want to save it in the user's camera roll? Or inside your own app? The former is just `UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum` C function. — Can, Jul 16 '13 at 03:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

NSArray * paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString * basePath = ([paths count] > 0) ? [paths objectAtIndex:0] : nil;

UIImage * imageToSave = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Icon.png"];
NSData * binaryImageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(imageToSave);

[binaryImageData writeToFile:[basePath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"myfile.png"] atomically:YES];

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You may need to edit the line with the imageToSave variable and change it to the UIImage variable, you got from the camera.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 16 '13 at 04:18

Try this In your method:

- (void) imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info {
    image = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage];
    [imageview setImage:image];

    //Save Your Image ======
    UIImage *yourImage  = imageView.image;//imageView.image;
    NSString *docDirPath = [NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Documents"];
    NSString *filePath = [docDirPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"myImageFile.png"];
    [UIImagePNGRepresentation(yourImage) writeToFile:filePath atomically:YES];



    [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];

}

And in your viewDidLoad of the same class write this:

 //For Get your Image from Documents Dir
    NSString *docDirPath = [NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Documents"];
    NSString *filePath = [docDirPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"myImageFile.png"];

    if([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:filePath])
    {
//if file already saved then set it on your imageView
        UIImage *getYourImage = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:filePath];
        imageView.image = getYourImage;
    }
    else
    {
//otherwise set a Dummy Image on your ImageView or nil
        imageView.image = nil; //[UIImage imageNamed:@"dummyImage.png"];

    }

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 16 '13 at 06:27

// Call this method to capture picture from camera

- (void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info 
{
    //Get image
    UIImage *image = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage];
    //Display in ImageView object (if you want to display it
    [imageView setImage:image];
        [ButtonName setImage:image forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    //Take image picker off the screen (required)
    [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}

// to save an image :

- (NSString *)saveImage:(UIImage*)image:(NSString*)imageName 
{    
    NSData *imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image); //convert image into .png format.    
    NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];//create instance of NSFileManager
    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES); //create an array and store result of our search for the documents directory in it
    NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0]; //create NSString object, that holds our exact path to the documents directory
    NSString *fullPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@.png", imageName]]; //add our image to the path
    [fileManager createFileAtPath:fullPath contents:imageData attributes:nil]; //finally save the path (image)
    NSLog(@"FULL PATH %@",fullPath);
    NSLog(@"image saved");
    return fullPath;
}

// to remove an image

- (void)removeImage:(NSString*)fileName 
{   

    NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];

    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);

    NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];

    NSString *fullPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@.png", fileName]];

    [fileManager removeItemAtPath: fullPath error:NULL];

    NSLog(@"image removed");    
}

// to load an image from gallery

- (UIImage*)loadImage:(NSString*)imageName
 {

    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);

    NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];

    NSString *fullPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", imageName]];

    NSLog(@"Loading Image Path : %@",fullPath);

    return [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:fullPath];

}

How to save taken photo

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