I am able to save an image into a custom album in the iPhone camera roll. For example, the album name could be "Fun", and all of the images I take will go into that folder. I came across a helper class here that works very well to accomplish what I want.
However, the method I am using does not save videos into the custom folder, but the folder is created - it's just empty of any videos that I attempt to save there. I tried debugging it with no progress. That method is here:
-(void)addAssetURL:(NSURL*)assetURL toAlbum:(NSString*)albumName withCompletionBlock:(SaveImageCompletion)completionBlock
{
__block BOOL albumWasFound = NO;
//search all photo albums in the library
[self enumerateGroupsWithTypes:ALAssetsGroupAlbum
usingBlock:^(ALAssetsGroup *group, BOOL *stop) {
//compare the names of the albums
if ([albumName compare: [group valueForProperty:ALAssetsGroupPropertyName]]==NSOrderedSame) {
//target album is found
albumWasFound = YES;
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:assetURL];
if ([data length] > 0) {
//get a hold of the photo's asset instance
[self assetForURL: assetURL
resultBlock:^(ALAsset *asset) {
[group addAsset: asset];
//run the completion block
completionBlock(nil);
} failureBlock: completionBlock];
}
//album was found, bail out of the method
return;
}
if (group==nil && albumWasFound==NO) {
//photo albums are over, target album does not exist, thus create it
__weak ALAssetsLibrary* weakSelf = self;
//create new assets album
[self addAssetsGroupAlbumWithName:albumName
resultBlock:^(ALAssetsGroup *group) {
//get the photo's instance
[weakSelf assetForURL: assetURL
resultBlock:^(ALAsset *asset) {
NSLog(@"asset: %@",asset);
//add photo to the newly created album
[group addAsset: asset];
//call the completion block
completionBlock(nil);
} failureBlock: completionBlock];
} failureBlock: completionBlock];
//should be the last iteration anyway, but just in case
return;
}
} failureBlock: completionBlock];
}
Does anyone know the proper way to save a video into a custom album in the photo library?
Try this, it works for me.
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