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iOS

Kieran Robinson
Kieran Robinson
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Posted by Kieran Robinson
Kieran Robinson
9,411 Points

More than one image...

Ash Furrow, i am currently working on an app that has a 'checklists' page. i want the user to be able to add 3 images maximum to each checklist item. However i can't find anything on the UIImagePickerController that allows me to pick 3 images at a time?

4 Answers

Ash Furrow
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Ash Furrow
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Ash Furrow
Ash Furrow
Treehouse Guest Teacher

hmm. The built-in iOS image picker controller does not support multiple image selection, AFAIK. You'll have to use a third-party, open source library. Looks like there are lots to pick from – I'd start looking here.

Kieran Robinson
Kieran Robinson
9,411 Points
Kieran Robinson
Kieran Robinson
9,411 Points

Thanks for clarification! saves me spending ages syphoning through apple docs! I will have a look over that one later, thanks again! will post how i got on!

Kieran Robinson
Kieran Robinson
9,411 Points
Kieran Robinson
Kieran Robinson
9,411 Points

Ash Furrow, i will need to add 2 extra 'imageData' attributes within my coreData file right? in order to allow 3 images to be saved at one time?

Kieran Robinson
Kieran Robinson
9,411 Points
Kieran Robinson
Kieran Robinson
9,411 Points

Hi Ash Furrow, I have implemented the ELCImagePicker in order to select 3 images at a time. Currently the first image is being set and i am only logging the other two. In order to set the other two images into their respective image views i am using the -(void)setPickedImage:(UIImage *)pickedImage method, but this is only for the first pickedImage, and won't allow me to use pickedImage2 and pickedImage3

How do i add the other two images?

Kieran Robinson
Kieran Robinson
9,411 Points
Kieran Robinson
Kieran Robinson
9,411 Points

Never mind my last comment i have that bit figured out. The last thing i now need to get my head around is this. This is my current method. -(void)elcImagePickerController:(ELCImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSArray *)info { NSMutableArray *images = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:[info count]];

for (NSDictionary *dict in info) {

    UIImage *image = [dict objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage];
    [images addObject:image];
}
self.pickedImages = images;

pickedImages is a mutable array that the picked images are added to (3 maximum). I have 3 imageViews called pickedImageView1, pickedImageView2 and pickedImageView3 of which i am setting the images in the setPickedImage method (for all three picked images).

That all works perfectly, in that i can add 3 images, save them and they are reloaded on upon editing the page. However if i have, for example, 2 images set, and i go to add another image (should go into pickedImageView3) it replaces the image in pickedImageView1. how do i check if the imageViews are already in use and add the image to the third one as apposed to replacing the first? Hope that makes sense Ash Furrow, Kieran