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Bryan Campbell
Bryan Campbell

Reputation: 285

Setting Image picker sourceType so that only pictures and no video can be selected

I want users to be able to use a camera but not have the option of taking a video. As it stands, both photo and video controls show in the bottom left corner of the view when camera is launched by user. Below are my launchCamera and imagePickerController methods.

- (void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info {

self.image = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage];
self.challengePic.image = self.image;
if (self.imagePicker.sourceType == UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera) {
    UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(self.image, nil, nil, nil);
    self.challengePic.image = self.image;

    }

[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}


- (IBAction)launchCamera:(id)sender {
if (self.image == nil && [self.videoFilePath length] == 0) {
    self.imagePicker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
    self.imagePicker.delegate = self;
    self.imagePicker.allowsEditing = NO;

    if ([UIImagePickerController isSourceTypeAvailable:UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera]) {
        self.imagePicker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
    }
    else {
        self.imagePicker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary;
    }
    self.imagePicker.mediaTypes = [UIImagePickerController availableMediaTypesForSourceType:self.imagePicker.sourceType];

    [self presentViewController:self.imagePicker animated:NO completion:nil];
}

}

- (IBAction)launchAlbum:(id)sender {
if (self.image == nil && [self.videoFilePath length] == 0) {
    self.imagePicker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
    self.imagePicker.delegate = self;
    self.imagePicker.allowsEditing = NO;

    self.imagePicker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary;

    self.imagePicker.mediaTypes = [UIImagePickerController availableMediaTypesForSourceType:self.imagePicker.sourceType];

    [self presentViewController:self.imagePicker animated:NO completion:nil];
}

}

Is there any way of setting the Image picker sourceType so that only pictures and no video can be selected? Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 8

Views: 8118

Answers (3)

Kaaaaai
Kaaaaai

Reputation: 123

If you only want to select images or videos, you can use a code like this.

self.imagePicker.mediaTypes = ["public.image"]

or

self.imagePicker.mediaTypes = ["public. movie"]

Upvotes: 1

rmaddy
rmaddy

Reputation: 318794

If you only want to select images, don't set the mediaTypes property to all possible media types for the given source.

By default, the image picker will only show images from the photo library.

But your setting of mediaTypes is overriding this default and allowing videos as well.

Upvotes: 13

beyowulf
beyowulf

Reputation: 15331

Don't include this line:

self.imagePicker.mediaTypes = [UIImagePickerController availableMediaTypesForSourceType:self.imagePicker.sourceType];

From the UIImagePickerController class Reference:

By default, this property is set to the single value kUTTypeImage, which designates the still camera interface when capturing media, and specifies that only still images should be displayed in the media picker when browsing saved media. To designate the movie capture interface, or to indicate that only movies should be displayed when browsing saved media, use the kUTTypeMovie identifier….

Upvotes: 13

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