Images not shown first time after getting permission iOS 14

[SohaibSiddique]

I'm using this library on iOS 14 and when I install my app the first time and allow permission to access all photos then there is no image in the picker. after cancel when again press the upload button and I got all pictures.

this is my code to present the image picker.

let imagePicker = ImagePickerController() imagePicker.settings.fetch.assets.supportedMediaTypes = [.image] imagePicker.settings.selection.max = 5 imagePicker.settings.theme.selectionStyle = .numbered imagePicker.settings.selection.unselectOnReachingMax = false let options = imagePicker.settings.fetch.album.options imagePicker.settings.fetch.album.fetchResults = [ PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollections(with: .smartAlbum, subtype: .smartAlbumUserLibrary, options: options), PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollections(with: .album, subtype: .albumRegular, options: options), ]

[oztoygar]

I am facing the same problem, did you find a solution?

[mikaoj]

Does it work if you don't set a custom fetch result?

[swaminathan-venkataraman]

Same problem faced here and I have not used any custom fetch results

Getting - _BSMachError: port 6c03; (os/kern) invalid capability (0x14) "Unable to insert COPY_SEND" - in console

[BlTWISE]

Also getting this same problem

[SohaibSiddique]

func photoAuthorization(authorized: @escaping () -> Void, unauthorized: @escaping () -> Void) { PHPhotoLibrary.requestAuthorization { (status) in switch status { case .authorized: DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: authorized) default: DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: unauthorized) } } }

and user thsi as

UIHelper.sharedInstance.photoAuthorization { self.setupImagePicker() } unauthorized: { SVProgressHUD.dismiss() self.showAlertViewSettings() }

[BlTWISE]

I solved this issue on my application by wrapping the function that presents the ImagePickerController in a wrapper function that asks the user for authorization prior to presenting the picker:

PHPhotoLibrary.requestAuthorization { (auth_status) in 

    if auth_status == .denied || auth_status == .notDetermined {
        /* User denied permission or left the authorization in an undetermined state
        Enter code here to handle this event or leave it blank if you don't want to do anything
        */
    } else {
        /*
        auth_status is either authorized, limited, or restricted. Call wrapper function
        */
        self.FunctionThatPresentsImagePickerController()
    }

}

However in iOS 14 when the PHAuthorizationStatus is limited the prompt will never re-appear, leaving users to only select the initial images they selected and nothing else. Upon further investigation I found that this is intended behavior on Apple's end- they only prompt to ask you to select more images once per app session. Odd design but that's how it works right now.

This solution is an anti-pattern and only really serves as a temporary solution until a fix is made.

[swaminathan-venkataraman]

The issue was because of the authorisation status

I solved this issue on my application by wrapping the function that presents the ImagePickerController in a wrapper function that asks the user for authorization prior to presenting the picker:

PHPhotoLibrary.requestAuthorization { (auth_status) in 

    if auth_status == .denied || auth_status == .notDetermined {
        /* User denied permission or left the authorization in an undetermined state
        Enter code here to handle this event or leave it blank if you don't want to do anything
        */
    } else {
        /*
        auth_status is either authorized, limited, or restricted. Call wrapper function
        */
        self.FunctionThatPresentsImagePickerController()
    }

}

However in iOS 14 when the PHAuthorizationStatus is limited the prompt will never re-appear, leaving users to only select the initial images they selected and nothing else. Upon further investigation I found that this is intended behavior on Apple's end- they only prompt to ask you to select more images once per app session. Odd design but that's how it works right now.

This solution is an anti-pattern and only really serves as a temporary solution until a fix is made.

The was the solution for my case as well. However instead of checking the status I manually asked for premission using the PHPhotoLibrary.requestAuthorization and in the callback I presented the ImagePicker using the UIViewController's present method instead of presentImagePicker() provided by the library.

EG:

PHPhotoLibrary.requestAuthorization {
    (status) in
    switch status {
        case .authorized:
        self.present(imagePicker, animated: true)
        case .denied:
        // Handle the denied logic
        default:
        break
    }

}