Delete images in camera roll from code iOS

Question

Is there a way to delete images (and videos) in camera roll in the photos app that my app didn't create. I know you can't delete things from Asset Library that your app didn't create. But this app isn't on app store. It's on a kiosk type environment. So I can use private APIs.

So is there a way to do this using private APIs that apple would not approve for the app store, but would work for my situation.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Yep, you can do this in iOS 8 using Photos framework.

For example if you have Assets URLs stored in NSArray *assetsURLs

PHPhotoLibrary *library = [PHPhotoLibrary sharedPhotoLibrary];
    [library performChanges:^{
        PHFetchResult *assetsToBeDeleted = [PHAsset fetchAssetsWithALAssetURLs:assetsURLs options:nil];
        [PHAssetChangeRequest deleteAssets:assetsToBeDeleted];
    } completionHandler:^(BOOL success, NSError *error)
     {
         //do something here
    }];

this code will ask user to confirm removal from Camera Roll.