PhotosUI

Photo Picker 8

Present a privacy-preserving picker that lets people choose photos and videos without granting full library access.

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  PHPickerViewControllermacOS 13+

  A view controller that presents a privacy-preserving interface for choosing photos and videos from the photo library.
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  PHPickerConfiguration

  A configuration for `PHPickerViewController`.
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  PHPickerFilter

  A filter that restricts which types of assets `PHPickerViewController` can show.
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  PHPickerResult

  A user selected asset from `PHPickerViewController`.
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  PHPickerCapabilitiesmacOS 14+

  Constants that specify one or a set of \c PHPickerViewController capabilities.
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  PHPickerMetadataOptionsmacOS 27+

  Constants that specify metadata options for \c PHPickerViewController.
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  PHPickerMode

  An enum that determines the mode of `PHPickerViewController`.
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  PHPickerSearchText

  A search text for `PHPickerViewController`.

Picker Configuration Options 2

Enumerations that control selection behavior and asset representation for the photo picker.

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  PHPickerConfigurationSelectionmacOS 13+

  An enum that determines how \c PHPickerViewController handles user selection.
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  PHPickerConfigurationAssetRepresentationModemacOS 13+

  A mode that determines which representation \c PHPickerViewController should provide for an asset given a type identifier, if multiple representations are available.

SwiftUI Photos Picker 3

Types that surface photo selection and represent chosen items in SwiftUI.

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  PhotosPickerItem

  An item that can be provided to or provided by the Photos picker.
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  PhotosPickerStyle

  A value that determines the style of the Photos picker.
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  PhotosPickerSelectionBehavior

  A value that determines how the Photos picker handles user selection.

Live Photo Display 3

Display the motion and audio captured in a Live Photo and control its playback and layout.

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  PHLivePhotoViewmacOS 10.12+

  A view that displays the motion and audio captured in a Live Photo.
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  PHLivePhotoViewPlaybackStylemacOS 10.12+

  Constants that specify the style used to play back a Live Photo.
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  PHLivePhotoViewContentModemacOS 10.12+

  Constants that specify how a Live Photo view scales its content to fit.

Shared Albums 6

View controllers and configuration types for creating, posting to, and customizing shared albums.

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  PHSharedAlbumCreationViewControllermacOS 27+

  @abstract This class is used to present the shared album creation view from AppKit-based view controllers.
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  PHSharedAlbumCustomizationViewControllermacOS 27+

  @abstract This class is used to present the shared album customization view from AppKit-based view controllers.
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  PHSharedAlbumPostingViewControllermacOS 27+

  @abstract This class is used to present a view for posting assets to a shared album from AppKit-based view controllers.
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  PHSharedAlbumCreationConfiguration

  An object used to configure a `PHSharedAlbumCreationViewController`.
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  PHSharedAlbumCreationResult

  The result of a user creating a shared album.
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  PHSharedAlbumCreationSharingPolicymacOS 27+

  The sharing policy for creating shared albums.

Project Extensions 4

Protocols and context that define the entry point and life cycle of a photo-editing project extension.

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  PHProjectExtensionControllermacOS 10.13+

  The principal view controller for any Photos Project Extension must conform to the PHProjectExtensionController protocol.
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  PHProjectExtensionContextmacOS 10.13+

  When a Photos project extension is initialized, it is handed a PHProjectExtensionContext object.
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  PHProjectTypeDescriptionDataSourcemacOS 10.14+

  A protocol that supplies the project type descriptions an extension supports.
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  PHProjectTypeDescriptionInvalidatormacOS 10.14+

  A protocol that signals when an extension's project type descriptions need to be refreshed.

Project Structure 4

Objects that describe a project's information, sections, and content.

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  PHProjectInfomacOS 10.13+

  A PHProjectInfo object is created by Photos and passed along with a PHProjectExtensionContext any time Photos
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  PHProjectSectionmacOS 10.13+

  A PHProjectSection object represents a collection of content for the project including asset elements and text elements.
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  PHProjectSectionContentmacOS 10.13+

  A PHProjectSectionContent object contains all the elements and suggested layout information for a specific
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  PHProjectRegionOfInterestmacOS 10.13+

  In PHProjectAssetElement objects, an array of PHProjectRegionOfInterest objects may be provided.

Project Elements 5

The individual element types that make up a project's sections.

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  PHProjectElementmacOS 10.13+

  PHProjectElement is the superclass for all element objects. It is never directly used, but defines the shared
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  PHProjectAssetElementmacOS 10.13+

  A PHProjectAssetElement object represents a media asset within a PHProjectSectionContent.
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  PHProjectTextElementmacOS 10.13+

  A PHProjectTextElement object represents formatted, positioned text that should be considered
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  PHProjectJournalEntryElementmacOS 10.13+

  A PHProjectJournalEntryElement object represents auxilary, date specific information that may be interesting
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  PHProjectMapElementmacOS 10.14+

  A PHProjectMapElement object representing a map with annotations.

Project Types and Categories 3

Types that classify a project and describe the kinds of projects an extension supports.

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  PHProjectType

  Extensible enumerator for PHProjectType. See PHProjectExtensionController.h for more information.
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  PHProjectCategory

  Extensible enumerator for PHProjectCategory.
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  PHProjectTypeDescriptionmacOS 10.13+

  A PHProjectTypeDescription object represents one project type choice in the project picker that is presented

Structures 1

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  PhotosPicker

  A control that allows a user to choose photos and/or videos from the photo library.

Protocols 3

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  PHContentEditingControllermacOS 10.11+
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  PHLivePhotoViewDelegatemacOS 10.12+
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  PHPickerViewControllerDelegate

  A set of methods that the delegate must implement to respond to `PHPickerViewController` user events.

Extends 2