UIMediaAlertController

UIAlertController extension for selecting images / videos.
Written in Objective-C.

Created By: Declan Land

Features

• Completion handlers
  
• Ease of use
  
• Media Preview
  
• Customisable
  

Installation

Download the contents of this repo and add these files to your project:

UIMediaAlertController.h
UIMediaAlertController.m
UIMedia.h
UIMedia.m

Include these frameworks in your project:

#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
#import <MobileCoreServices/MobileCoreServices.h>
#import <ImageIO/ImageIO.h>

Usage

First, import the UIMediaAlertController.h file into the place you want to use it:

#import "UIMediaAlertController.h"

There are 2 methods of using the UIMediaAlertController:

• Shared Instance
• Stored Property

The benefits of using the shared instance is that it's really simple to call, and that the same UIMedia object is used throughout the app - unless you call: [UIMediaAlertController resetMedia]; For example:

[UIMediaAlertController presentWithType:MediaTypeImage picked:^{
   // Retreive global media by using:
   UIMedia *media = [UIMediaAlertController media];
   // Reset global media:
   [UIMediaAlertController resetMedia];
}];

The other method, is storing the UIMediaAlertController property in your header file MyViewController.h like so:

//	MyViewController.h

#import "UIMediaAlertController.h"

@implementation MyViewController : UIViewController

@property (strong, nonatomic) UIMediaAlertController *uimac;

@end

MyViewController.m":

@implementation MyViewController

- (IBAction)chooseImageButtonClicked:(UIButton *)sender {
   self.uimac = [[UIMediaAlertController alloc] init];
   [self.uimac presentWithType:MediaTypeImage picked:^{
	// get media:
	UIMedia *media = self.uimac.media;
	// resent media:
	[self.uimac resetMedia];
   }];
}

@end