Selecting images in Photos.app to pass to an action extension seems to yield paths to images on disk (e.g.: file:///var/mobile/Media/DCIM/109APPLE/IMG_9417.JPG). Is there a way to get the corresponding ALAsset or PHAsset?
The URL looks like it corresponds to the PHImageFileURLKey entry you get from calling PHImageManager.requestImageDataForAsset. I'd hate to have to iterate through all PHAssets to find it.
I did what I didn't want to do and threw this dumb search approach together. It works, although it's horrible, slow and gives me memory issues when the photo library is large.
As a noob to both Cocoa and Swift I'd appreciate refinement tips. Thanks!
func PHAssetForFileURL(url: NSURL) -> PHAsset? {
var imageRequestOptions = PHImageRequestOptions()
imageRequestOptions.version = .Current
imageRequestOptions.deliveryMode = .FastFormat
imageRequestOptions.resizeMode = .Fast
imageRequestOptions.synchronous = true
let fetchResult = PHAsset.fetchAssetsWithOptions(nil)
for var index = 0; index < fetchResult.count; index++ {
if let asset = fetchResult[index] as? PHAsset {
var found = false
PHImageManager.defaultManager().requestImageDataForAsset(asset,
options: imageRequestOptions) { (_, _, _, info) in
if let urlkey = info["PHImageFileURLKey"] as? NSURL {
if urlkey.absoluteString! == url.absoluteString! {
found = true
}
}
}
if (found) {
return asset
}
}
}
return nil
}
So this is commentary on ("refinement tips") to your auto-answer. SO comments don't cut it for code samples, so here we go.
You can replace your for-index loop with a simpler for-each loop. E.g. something like:
for asset in PHAsset.fetchAssetsWithOptions(nil)
As of the last time I checked, the key in info["PHImageFileURLKey"] is undocumented. Be apprised. I don't think it will get you rejected, but the behavior could change at any time.
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as per the documentation, it should be pretty straightforward. example for a List: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/list/ondrop(of:istargeted:perform:)-75hvy#
the UTType should be the parameter restricting what a SwiftUI object can receive. in my case i want to accept only Apps. the UTType is .applicationBundle: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uniformtypeidentifiers/uttype/3551459-applicationbundle
but it doesn't work. the SwiftUI object never changes status and never accepts the drop. the closure is never run. whether on Lists, H/VStacks, Buttons, whatever. the pdf type don't seem to work either, as well as many others. the only type that i'm able to use if fileURL, which is mainly like no restriction.
i'm not sure if i'm doing something wrong or if SwiftUI is half working for the mac.
here's the code:
List(appsToIgnore, id: \.self, selection: $selection) {
Text($0)
}
.onDrop(of: [.applicationBundle, .application], isTargeted: isTargeted) { providers in
print("hehe")
return true
}
replacing or just adding .fileURL in the UTType array makes the drop work but without any type restriction.
i've also tried to use .onInsert on a ForEach instead (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/foreach/oninsert(of:perform:)-2whxl#), and to go through a proper DropDelegate (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/dropdelegate#) but keep getting the same results. it would seem the SwiftUI drop for macOS is not yet working, but i can't find any official information about this. in the docs it is written macOS 11.0+ so i would expect it to work?
any info appreciated! thanks.
You need to validate manually, using DropDelegate of what kind of file is dragged over.
Here is a simplified demo of possible approach. Tested with Xcode 13 / macOS 11.6
let delegate = MyDelegate()
...
List(appsToIgnore, id: \.self, selection: $selection) {
Text($0)
}
.onDrop(of: [.fileURL], delegate: delegate) // << accept file URLs
and verification part like
class MyDelegate: DropDelegate {
func validateDrop(info: DropInfo) -> Bool {
// find provider with file URL
guard info.hasItemsConforming(to: [.fileURL]) else { return false }
guard let provider = info.itemProviders(for: [.fileURL]).first else { return false }
var result = false
if provider.canLoadObject(ofClass: String.self) {
let group = DispatchGroup()
group.enter() // << make decoding sync
// decode URL from item provider
_ = provider.loadObject(ofClass: String.self) { value, _ in
defer { group.leave() }
guard let fileURL = value, let url = URL(string: fileURL) else { return }
// verify type of content by URL
let flag = try? url.resourceValues(forKeys: [.contentTypeKey]).contentType == .applicationBundle
result = flag ?? false
}
// wait a bit for verification result
_ = group.wait(timeout: .now() + 0.5)
}
return result
}
func performDrop(info: DropInfo) -> Bool {
// handling code is here
return true
}
}
I want to put an annotation on every grocery store within a specific area. I already have my mkmapview working and tracking my current location.
Thanks in advance!
Give it a try, unfortunately I'm not in situation to test it right now, but this piece of code should serve your requirement:
let request = MKLocalSearchRequest()
request.naturalLanguageQuery = "Groceries"
request.region = mapView.region
let search = MKLocalSearch(request: request)
search.start(completionHandler: {(response, error) in
if error != nil {
print("Error occured in search:
\(error!.localizedDescription)")
} else if response!.mapItems.count == 0 {
print("No matches found")
} else {
print("Matches found")
for item in response!.mapItems {
print("Name = \(item.name)")
print("Phone = \(item.phoneNumber)")
}
}
})
I am trying to get a Results<News> of news objects from realm of all objects that have 'mytag'
The News object looks something like
dynamic var id = 0
dynamic var title = ""
dynamic var date = NSDate()
dynamic var modified = NSDate()
dynamic var protected = true
dynamic var category : Category?
dynamic var image : Image?
let content = List<Content>()
let tags = List<Tag>()
I have a Results<Tag> with all my tags. Tag has a boolean my to see if it belongs to my tags.
This way I could get personal news.
However, I don't understand how to query this. I have some knowledge of SQL, but i cant seem to figure it out using contains or in
I tried a workaround but it seems Results does not have an append function.
Here's my current workaround:
func retrieveMyNewsSortedByDate() -> Results<News> {
let myTags = TagDataService().myTagsList() // retunrs a List<Tag>
print("My news items");
let items = database().objects(News).filter("tags IN %#", myTags).sorted("date") // how to query or query with news and tag table
let myTagItems = List<News>()
for tag in myTags {
for news in items{
for newsTag in news.tags {
if newsTag == tag {
myTagItems.append(news) // Results does not have .append or .addobject
}
}
}
}
mytagItems = Results(myTagItems)
return myTagItems
}
However, now I would have a very inefficient way that also outputs list that I can't seem to cast to Results. How do I do this?
well, it was quite easy in the end :D
func retrieveMyNewsSortedByDate() -> Results<News> {
let myTags = TagDataService().myTagsList()
let items = database().objects(News).filter("ANY tags IN %#", myTags).sorted("date")
return items
}
I'm using promisekit 3.0 to help chain alamofire callbacks in a clean way. The objective is to start with a network call, with a promise to return an array of urls.
Then, I'm looking to execute network calls on as many of those urls as needed to find the next link i'm looking for. As soon as this link is found, I can pass it to the next step.
This part is where I'm stuck.
I can pick an arbitrary index in the array that I know has what I want, but I can't figure out the looping to keep it going until the right information is returned.
I tried learning from this obj-c example, but i couldn't get it working in swift.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/30693077/1079379
He's a more tangible example of what i've done.
Network.sharedInstance.makeFirstPromise(.GET, url: NSURL(string: fullSourceLink)! )
.then { (idArray) -> Promise<AnyObject> in
let ids = idArray as! [String]
//how do i do that in swift? (from the example SO answer)
//PMKPromise *p = [PMKPromise promiseWithValue: nil]; // create empty promise
//only thing i could do was feed it the first value
var p:Promise<AnyObject> = Network.sharedInstance.makePromiseRequestHostLink(.POST, id: ids[0])
//var to hold my eventual promise value, doesn't really work unless i set it to something first
var goodValue:Promise<AnyObject>
for item in ids {
//use continue to offset the promise from before the loop started
continue
//hard part
p = p.then{ returnValue -> Promise<AnyObject> in
//need a way to check if what i get is what i wanted then we can break the loop and move on
if returnValue = "whatIwant" {
goodvalue = returnValue
break
//or else we try again with the next on the list
}else {
return Network.sharedInstance.makeLoopingPromise(.POST, id: item)
}
}
}
return goodValue
}.then { (finalLink) -> Void in
//do stuck with finalLink
}
Can someone show me how to structure this properly, please?
Is nesting promises like that anti-pattern to avoid? In that case, what is the best approach.
I have finally figured this out with a combination of your post and the link you posted. It works, but I'll be glad if anyone has input on a proper solution.
func download(arrayOfObjects: [Object]) -> Promise<AnyObject> {
// This stopped the compiler from complaining
var promise : Promise<AnyObject> = Promise<AnyObject>("emptyPromise")
for object in arrayOfObjects {
promise = promise.then { _ in
return Promise { fulfill, reject in
Service.getData(stuff: object.stuff completion: { success, data in
if success {
print("Got the data")
}
fulfill(successful)
})
}
}
}
return promise
}
The only thing I'm not doing is showing in this example is retaining the received data, but I'm assuming you can do that with the results array you have now.
The key to figuring out my particular issue was using the "when" function. It keeps going until all the calls you inputted are finished. The map makes it easier to look at (and think about in my head)
}.then { (idArray) -> Void in
when(idArray.map({Network.sharedInstance.makePromiseRequest(.POST, params: ["thing":$0])})).then{ link -> Promise<String> in
return Promise { fulfill, reject in
let stringLink:[String] = link as! [String]
for entry in stringLink {
if entry != "" {
fulfill(entry)
break
}
}
}
}.then {
}
}
I'm having trouble resolving the alias link on mac. I'm checking if the file is an alias and then I would want to receive the original path. Instead I'm only getting a File-Id.
Anly ideas?
func isFinderAlias(path:String) -> Bool? {
var isAlias:Bool? = false // Initialize result var.
// Create a CFURL instance for the given filesystem path.
// This should never fail, because the existence isn't verified at this point.
// Note: No need to call CFRelease(fUrl) later, because Swift auto-memory-manages CoreFoundation objects.
print("path before \(path)");
let fUrl = CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath(nil, path, CFURLPathStyle.CFURLPOSIXPathStyle, false)
print("path furl \(fUrl)");
// Allocate void pointer - no need for initialization,
// it will be assigned to by CFURLCopyResourcePropertyForKey() below.
let ptrPropVal = UnsafeMutablePointer<Void>.alloc(1)
// Call the CoreFoundation function that copies the desired information as
// a CFBoolean to newly allocated memory that prt will point to on return.
if CFURLCopyResourcePropertyForKey(fUrl, kCFURLIsAliasFileKey, ptrPropVal, nil) {
// Extract the Bool value from the memory allocated.
isAlias = UnsafePointer<CFBoolean>(ptrPropVal).memory as Bool
// it will be assigned to by CFURLCopyResourcePropertyForKey() below.
let ptrDarwin = UnsafeMutablePointer<DarwinBoolean>.alloc(1)
if ((isAlias) == true){
if let bookmark = CFURLCreateBookmarkDataFromFile(kCFAllocatorDefault, fUrl, nil){
let url = CFURLCreateByResolvingBookmarkData(kCFAllocatorDefault, bookmark.takeRetainedValue(), CFURLBookmarkResolutionOptions.CFBookmarkResolutionWithoutMountingMask, nil, nil, ptrDarwin, nil)
print("getting the path \(url)")
}
}
// Since the CF*() call contains the word "Copy", WE are responsible
// for destroying (freeing) the memory.
ptrDarwin.destroy()
ptrDarwin.dealloc(1)
ptrPropVal.destroy()
}
// Deallocate the pointer
ptrPropVal.dealloc(1)
return isAlias
}
EDIT:
Both Answers are correct!
I would choose the answer of mklement0 due to the originally not stated requirement that the code run on 10.9 which makes it more flexible
This is a solution using NSURL.
It expects an NSURL object as parameter and returns either the original path if the url is an alias or nil.
func resolveFinderAlias(url:NSURL) -> String? {
var isAlias : AnyObject?
do {
try url.getResourceValue(&isAlias, forKey: NSURLIsAliasFileKey)
if isAlias as! Bool {
do {
let original = try NSURL(byResolvingAliasFileAtURL: url, options: NSURLBookmarkResolutionOptions())
return original.path!
} catch let error as NSError {
print(error)
}
}
} catch _ {}
return nil
}
Swift 3:
func resolveFinderAlias(at url: URL) -> String? {
do {
let resourceValues = try url.resourceValues(forKeys: [.isAliasFileKey])
if resourceValues.isAliasFile! {
let original = try URL(resolvingAliasFileAt: url)
return original.path
}
} catch {
print(error)
}
return nil
}
Be aware to provide appropriate entitlements if the function is called in a sandboxed environment.
vadian's answer works great on OS X 10.10+.
Here's an implementation that also works on OS X 10.9:
// OSX 10.9+
// Resolves a Finder alias to its full target path.
// If the given path is not a Finder alias, its *own* full path is returned.
// If the input path doesn't exist or any other error occurs, nil is returned.
func resolveFinderAlias(path: String) -> String? {
let fUrl = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: path)
var targetPath:String? = nil
if (fUrl.fileReferenceURL() != nil) { // item exists
do {
// Get information about the file alias.
// If the file is not an alias files, an exception is thrown
// and execution continues in the catch clause.
let data = try NSURL.bookmarkDataWithContentsOfURL(fUrl)
// NSURLPathKey contains the target path.
let rv = NSURL.resourceValuesForKeys([ NSURLPathKey ], fromBookmarkData: data)
targetPath = rv![NSURLPathKey] as! String?
} catch {
// We know that the input path exists, but treating it as an alias
// file failed, so we assume it's not an alias file and return its
// *own* full path.
targetPath = fUrl.path
}
}
return targetPath
}
Note:
Unlike vadian's solution, this will return a value even for non-alias files, namely that file's own full path, and takes a path string rather than a NSURL instance as input.
vadian's solution requires appropriate entitlements in order to use the function in a sandboxed application/environment. It seems that this one at least doesn't need that to the same extent, as it will run in an Xcode Playground, unlike vadian's solution. If someone can shed light on this, please help.
Either solution, however, does run in a shell script with shebang line #!/usr/bin/env swift.
If you want to explicitly test whether a given path is a Finder alias, see this answer, which is derived from vadian's, but due to its narrower focus also runs on 10.9.
Here's a Swift 3 implementation, based largely on vadian's approach. My idea is to return a file URL, so I effectively combine it with fileURLWithPath. It's an NSURL class extension because I need to be able to call into it from existing Objective-C code:
extension NSURL {
class func fileURL(path:String, resolveAlias yn:Bool) -> URL {
let url = URL(fileURLWithPath: path)
if !yn {
return url
}
do {
let vals = try url.resourceValues(forKeys: [.isAliasFileKey])
if let isAlias = vals.isAliasFile {
if isAlias {
let original = try URL(resolvingAliasFileAt: url)
return original
}
}
} catch {
return url // give up
}
return url // really give up
}
}
URL variant I need to return nil (not an alias or error) else original - Swift4
func resolvedFinderAlias() -> URL? {
if (self.fileReferenceURL() != nil) { // item exists
do {
// Get information about the file alias.
// If the file is not an alias files, an exception is thrown
// and execution continues in the catch clause.
let data = try NSURL.bookmarkData(withContentsOf: self as URL)
// NSURLPathKey contains the target path.
let rv = NSURL.resourceValues(forKeys: [ URLResourceKey.pathKey ], fromBookmarkData: data)
var urlString = rv![URLResourceKey.pathKey] as! String
if !urlString.hasPrefix("file://") {
urlString = "file://" + urlString
}
return URL.init(string: urlString)
} catch {
// We know that the input path exists, but treating it as an alias
// file failed, so we assume it's not an alias file so return nil.
return nil
}
}
return nil
}