how to use multiple image picker in iOS with swift

Question

I'm making dating app. as you know, users need to register multiple pictures in dating app.

so i got how to use 1 image picker in one view.

but i don't know how to add multiple image picker.

i know i can only use only one

func imagePickerController(picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : AnyObject]) {  
}

and

func imagePickerControllerDidCancel(picker: UIImagePickerController) {
    picker.dismissViewControllerAnimated(false, completion:nil)
}

so i cant find solution for multiple imagepicker view.

my failed code is below.

import UIKit

class RegisterPicture : UIViewController, UIImagePickerControllerDelegate, UINavigationControllerDelegate {


@IBAction func pick1(sender: AnyObject) {

    let picker1 = UIImagePickerController()

    picker1.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.SavedPhotosAlbum

    picker1.allowsEditing = true

    picker1.delegate = self

    self.presentViewController(picker1, animated: false, completion: nil)
}

@IBAction func pick2(sender: AnyObject) {

    let picker2 = UIImagePickerController()

    picker2.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.SavedPhotosAlbum

    picker2.allowsEditing = true

    picker2.delegate = self

    self.presentViewController(picker2, animated: false, completion: nil)
}

@IBOutlet var picture1: UIImageView!

@IBOutlet var picture2: UIImageView!

func imagePickerController(picker1: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : AnyObject]) {

    picker1.dismissViewControllerAnimated(false, completion : nil)
    self.picture1.image = info[UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage] as? UIImage

}

func imagePickerController(picker2: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : AnyObject]) {

    picker2.dismissViewControllerAnimated(false, completion : nil)
    self.picture2.image = info[UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage] as? UIImage

}


func imagePickerControllerDidCancel(picker1: UIImagePickerController) {

    picker1.dismissViewControllerAnimated(false, completion:nil)

}

func imagePickerControllerDidCancel(picker2: UIImagePickerController) {

    picker2.dismissViewControllerAnimated(false, completion:nil)

}
}

you can find a great answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20756899/how-to-select-multiple-images-from-uiimagepickercontroller I ran into your same situation and found the good answer here. — truongky, May 11 '16 at 17:37

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 06 '21 at 13:37

For anyone searching for this in 2020, Apple introduced PHPickerViewController in iOS14. Here's the documentation: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/photokit/phpickerviewcontroller

And the WWDC introduction that explains its usage: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10652/

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 11 '16 at 15:45

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You can't select more than one image with UIImagePickerController. You either have to make your own custom image picker that can or use a 3rd party's like this one.

answered May 11 '16 at 15:45

JJJ

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then I would just copy how some of the libraries do it like this one: https://github.com/zhangao0086/DKImagePickerController/blob/master/DKImagePickerController/DKImagePickerController.swift – JJJ May 11 '16 at 18:12

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 07 '20 at 05:26

@IBAction func btnTrophy1Action(_ sender: UIButton) {
        //GIVE TAG TO YOUR BUTTON
        self.view.endEditing(true)
        self.senderTag = sender.tag
        pickerOpen(sender: sender)
    }

@IBAction func btnTrophy2Action(_ sender: UIButton) {
        //GIVE TAG TO YOUR BUTTON
        self.view.endEditing(true)
        self.senderTag = sender.tag
        pickerOpen(sender: sender)
    }

func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [UIImagePickerController.InfoKey : Any]) {

        if let image = info[UIImagePickerController.InfoKey.editedImage] as? UIImage {
            //BASED ON THE TAG SAVE IMAGE TO PARTICULAR IMAGE PICKER
            if self.senderTag == 101 {
                //TROPHY 1
                self.imgTrophy1.image = image
                self.isTrophy1Selected = true
            } else if self.senderTag == 102 {
                //TROPHY 2
                self.imgTrophy2.image = image
                self.isTrophy2Selected = true
            } else {
                //TROPHY 3
                self.imgTrophy3.image = image
                self.isTrophy3Selected = true
            }
        }
        picker.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
    }

Kelvin Omereshone · Answer 4 · 2020-04-30T07:32:39.653

Here is a solution I tried out to address this sort of problem

I used a single image picker then use an enum holding strings to determine which image view gets the image selected by the user.

enum selectableImage: String {
        case image1
        case image2
        case image3
    }

then on each call of the imagePickerController, I assign a variable var imageSelected = selectableImage.image1 like so. Then finally in the imagePickerController, I used the switched structure like so:

 func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [UIImagePickerController.InfoKey : Any]) {

        print("Inside imageController")

        print(info)
        // The info dictionary may contain multiple representations of the image. You want to use the original.

        guard let imagePicked = info[.originalImage] as? UIImage else {
            fatalError("Expected a dictionary containing an image, but was provided the following: \(info)")
        }

        // Set photoImageView to display the selected image.

        switch imageSelected {

        case selectableImage.image1:
             image1.image = imagePicked

        case selectableImage.image2:
             image2.image = imagePicked

        case selectableImage.image3:
            image3.image = imagePicked

        }


        // Dismiss the picker.
        dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
    }

Hope this helps.

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 30 '20 at 06:34

You can't use UIImagePickerController, but you can use a custom image picker. I think ELCImagePickerController is the best option, but here are some other libraries you could use:

Objective-C

ELCImagePickerController
WSAssetPickerController
QBImagePickerController
ZCImagePickerController
CTAssetsPickerController
AGImagePickerController
UzysAssetsPickerController
MWPhotoBrowser
TSAssetsPickerController
CustomImagePicker
InstagramPhotoPicker
GMImagePicker
DLFPhotosPicker
CombinationPickerController
AssetPicker
BSImagePicker
SNImagePicker
DoImagePickerController
grabKit
IQMediaPickerController
HySideScrollingImagePicker
MultiImageSelector
TTImagePicker
SelectImages
ImageSelectAndSave
imagepicker-multi-select
MultiSelectImagePickerController
YangMingShan(Yahoo like image selector)
DBAttachmentPickerController
BRImagePicker
GLAssetGridViewController
CreolePhotoSelection

Swift

LimPicker (Similar to WhatsApp's image picker)
RMImagePicker
DKImagePickerController
BSImagePicker
Fusuma(Instagram like image selector)
YangMingShan(Yahoo like image selector)
NohanaImagePicker
ImagePicker
OpalImagePicker
TLPhotoPicker
AssetsPickerViewController
Alerts-and-pickers/Telegram Picker

how to use multiple image picker in iOS with swift

5 Answers5

Here is a solution I tried out to address this sort of problem