An example Swift 5 Xcode project used to build an app to read metadata from a selected photo and show the location on a map.
Project was made to demonstrate the use of Swift's UIImagePickerControllerPHAsset for acquiring a photo's metadata.
Example for:
- UIImagePickerController to select photo from photo library
- PHPhotoLibrary.requestAuthorization for requesting access from user to the iOS device's photo library
- MapKit framework with pin, compass and scale
- Alert directing user to privacy settings in Settings app using UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString
- Settings Bundle to allow user customization of app and to display "About" information
- Auto-Layout Constraints
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Technical Info:
Xcode 11 project written in Swift 5 for iOS 13
MapKit, Photos, PHPhotoLibrary.authorizationStatus, UIImagePickerController
hybridFlyover, MKCoordinate, MKPointAnnotation, alert
See Also:
Quickies - a variety of example iOS apps
Make Icons Swiftly - used to generate app icon sets
Author:
Marcy Vernon @MarcyVernon
License:
"Photo Metadata" is under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.