ios - Create folder in custom photo album

Question

I have a custom album in which my app saves picture from camera. I am wondering if there is a way I can create folders inside my album so I can stack certain images inside it?

ANSWER

As fellow members mentioned, sadly there is no way you can create a folder inside album.

Answer 1

You should try code below. It's Swift 3.0 syntaxe. :)

import Foundation
import Photos


class CustomPhotoAlbum: NSObject {
    static let albumName = "Album Name"
    static let sharedInstance = CustomPhotoAlbum()

    var assetCollection: PHAssetCollection!

    override init() {
        super.init()

        if let assetCollection = fetchAssetCollectionForAlbum() {
            self.assetCollection = assetCollection
            return
        }

        if PHPhotoLibrary.authorizationStatus() != PHAuthorizationStatus.authorized {
            PHPhotoLibrary.requestAuthorization({ (status: PHAuthorizationStatus) -> Void in
                ()
            })
        }

        if PHPhotoLibrary.authorizationStatus() == PHAuthorizationStatus.authorized {
            self.createAlbum()
        } else {
            PHPhotoLibrary.requestAuthorization(requestAuthorizationHandler)
        }
    }

    func requestAuthorizationHandler(status: PHAuthorizationStatus) {
        if PHPhotoLibrary.authorizationStatus() == PHAuthorizationStatus.authorized {
            // ideally this ensures the creation of the photo album even if authorization wasn't prompted till after init was done
            print("trying again to create the album")
            self.createAlbum()
        } else {
            print("should really prompt the user to let them know it's failed")
        }
    }

    func createAlbum() {
        PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
            PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest.creationRequestForAssetCollection(withTitle: CustomPhotoAlbum.albumName)   // create an asset collection with the album name
        }) { success, error in
            if success {
                self.assetCollection = self.fetchAssetCollectionForAlbum()
            } else {
                print("error (error)")
            }
        }
    }

    func fetchAssetCollectionForAlbum() -> PHAssetCollection? {
        let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()
        fetchOptions.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "title = %@", CustomPhotoAlbum.albumName)
        let collection = PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollections(with: .album, subtype: .any, options: fetchOptions)

        if let _: AnyObject = collection.firstObject {
            return collection.firstObject
        }
        return nil
    }

    func save(image: UIImage) {
        if assetCollection == nil {
            return                          // if there was an error upstream, skip the save
        }

        PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({
            let assetChangeRequest = PHAssetChangeRequest.creationRequestForAsset(from: image)
            let assetPlaceHolder = assetChangeRequest.placeholderForCreatedAsset
            let albumChangeRequest = PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest(for: self.assetCollection)
            let enumeration: NSArray = [assetPlaceHolder!]
            albumChangeRequest!.addAssets(enumeration)

        }, completionHandler: nil)
    }
}