Save images with phimagemanager to custom album?

This is how I do:

At the top:

import Photosvar image: UIImage!var assetCollection: PHAssetCollection!var albumFound : Bool = falsevar photosAsset: PHFetchResult!var assetThumbnailSize:CGSize!var collection: PHAssetCollection!var assetCollectionPlaceholder: PHObjectPlaceholder!

Creating the album:

func createAlbum() {    //Get PHFetch Options    let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()    fetchOptions.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "title = %@", "camcam")    let collection : PHFetchResult = PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollectionsWithType(.Album, subtype: .Any, options: fetchOptions)    //Check return value - If found, then get the first album out    if let _: AnyObject = collection.firstObject {        self.albumFound = true        assetCollection = collection.firstObject as! PHAssetCollection    } else {        //If not found - Then create a new album        PHPhotoLibrary.sharedPhotoLibrary().performChanges({            let createAlbumRequest : PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest = PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest.creationRequestForAssetCollectionWithTitle("camcam")            self.assetCollectionPlaceholder = createAlbumRequest.placeholderForCreatedAssetCollection            }, completionHandler: { success, error in                self.albumFound = success                if (success) {                    let collectionFetchResult = PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollectionsWithLocalIdentifiers([self.assetCollectionPlaceholder.localIdentifier], options: nil)                    print(collectionFetchResult)                    self.assetCollection = collectionFetchResult.firstObject as! PHAssetCollection                }        })    }}

When saving the photo:

func saveImage(){        PHPhotoLibrary.sharedPhotoLibrary().performChanges({            let assetRequest = PHAssetChangeRequest.creationRequestForAssetFromImage(self.image)            let assetPlaceholder = assetRequest.placeholderForCreatedAsset            let albumChangeRequest = PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest(forAssetCollection: self.assetCollection, assets: self.photosAsset)            albumChangeRequest!.addAssets([assetPlaceholder!])            }, completionHandler: { success, error in                print("added image to album")                print(error)                self.showImages()        })    }

Showing the images from that album:

func showImages() {        //This will fetch all the assets in the collection        let assets : PHFetchResult = PHAsset.fetchAssetsInAssetCollection(assetCollection, options: nil)        print(assets)        let imageManager = PHCachingImageManager()        //Enumerating objects to get a chached image - This is to save loading time        assets.enumerateObjectsUsingBlock{(object: AnyObject!,            count: Int,            stop: UnsafeMutablePointer<ObjCBool>) in            if object is PHAsset {                let asset = object as! PHAsset                print(asset)                let imageSize = CGSize(width: asset.pixelWidth, height: asset.pixelHeight)                let options = PHImageRequestOptions()                options.deliveryMode = .FastFormat                imageManager.requestImageForAsset(asset, targetSize: imageSize, contentMode: .AspectFill, options: options, resultHandler: {(image: UIImage?,                    info: [NSObject : AnyObject]?) in                    print(info)                    print(image)                })            }        }

Answer in Objective-C and cleaned up a bit.

__block PHFetchResult *photosAsset;__block PHAssetCollection *collection;__block PHObjectPlaceholder *placeholder;// Find the albumPHFetchOptions *fetchOptions = [[PHFetchOptions alloc] init];fetchOptions.predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"title = %@", @"YOUR_ALBUM_TITLE"];collection = [PHAssetCollection fetchAssetCollectionsWithType:PHAssetCollectionTypeAlbum                                                      subtype:PHAssetCollectionSubtypeAny                                                      options:fetchOptions].firstObject;// Create the albumif (!collection){    [[PHPhotoLibrary sharedPhotoLibrary] performChanges:^{        PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest *createAlbum = [PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest creationRequestForAssetCollectionWithTitle:@"YOUR_ALBUM_TITLE"];        placeholder = [createAlbum placeholderForCreatedAssetCollection];    } completionHandler:^(BOOL success, NSError *error) {        if (success)        {            PHFetchResult *collectionFetchResult = [PHAssetCollection fetchAssetCollectionsWithLocalIdentifiers:@[placeholder.localIdentifier]                                                                                                            options:nil];            collection = collectionFetchResult.firstObject;        }    }];}// Save to the album[[PHPhotoLibrary sharedPhotoLibrary] performChanges:^{    PHAssetChangeRequest *assetRequest = [PHAssetChangeRequest creationRequestForAssetFromImage:[UIImage imageWithData:imageData]];    placeholder = [assetRequest placeholderForCreatedAsset];    photosAsset = [PHAsset fetchAssetsInAssetCollection:collection options:nil];    PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest *albumChangeRequest = [PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest changeRequestForAssetCollection:collection                                                                                                                  assets:photosAsset];    [albumChangeRequest addAssets:@[placeholder]];} completionHandler:^(BOOL success, NSError *error) {    if (success)    {        NSString *UUID = [placeholder.localIdentifier substringToIndex:36];        self.photo.assetURL = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"assets-library://asset/asset.PNG?id=%@&ext=JPG", UUID];        [self savePhoto];    }    else    {        NSLog(@"%@", error);    }}];

The bit at the end with the UUID was something I found on another StackOverflow thread for creating a replacement for AssetURL property from an ALAsset.

Note: See chris' comment below for more complete answer.

I like to reuse the code I write so I decided to create an extension for PHPhotoLibrary where it is possible to use it like:

PHPhotoLibrary.saveImage(photo, albumName: "Trip") { asset in    guard let asset = asset else {        assert(false, "Asset is nil")        return    }    PHPhotoLibrary.loadThumbnailFromAsset(asset) { thumbnail in        print(thumbnail)    }}

Here is the code: https://gist.github.com/ricardopereira/636ccd0a3c8a327c43d42e7cbca4d041