# Photos Picker Analyze how people use Photos in your app. ## Overview The data in this report details usage of the out-of-process picker provided by Photos. - Territories: Worldwide - Platforms: iOS, iPadOS. For more information about iOS and iPadOS, see the Platforms section in [Data Completeness and Corrections](/documentation/Analytics-Reports/data-completeness-corrections). - Availability: - Daily: Every day. - History: On request, data is available beginning with iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4. - Completeness: Data from devices that contribute to this report can arrive as late as 8 days after the date it generates on device. You can download recent data daily, but it might be incomplete, and data updates incrementally daily, until all late-arriving events are available. - Privacy: - Includes data from users who have opted to share their data with Apple and developers. - Individual rows will only appear if they have a value of 5 or more. - Data Context: You can analyze your data with additional context by comparing it with the data in the [App Sessions Context](/documentation/Analytics-Reports/app-sessions-context) report, which provides a count of unique devices that use your app on a specific day. For example, if your app performed an action detailed in this report on 10 unique devices on a specific day, and the App Sessions Context report shows there were 100 unique devices running your app that day, then you can approximate that 10% of the devices running your app performed that action. ## Report Fields |Report Field |Description |Data Type| |-------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------| |Count |Number of times the event occurred |`integer`| |Territory |Country or region in which the event occurred |`string` | |Date |Date when the event occurred |`string` | |Platform |OS version on the device on which the event occurred |`string` | |Device |Type of device on which the event occurred |`string` | |Build |Build of device on which event occurred |`string` | |Unique Devices |The count of unique devices |`integer`| |Release Type |Type of software release |`string` | |Did Select Items |Boolean that determines whether items are selected when Photos picker is finished |`boolean`| |Is Limited Library Picker|Boolean that determines whether the Photos picker is presented as the Limited Library Picker or not |`boolean`| |Is Single Selection |Boolean that determines whether the Photos picker is in single-selection or multiple-selection mode |`boolean`| |Accessory Visibility |Accessory visibility of the Photos picker. Accessories include anything between the content and the edge, for example, the navigation bar or the sidebar.|`string` | |Style |Value that determines the style of the Photos picker |`string` | |Encoding Policy |Policy that determines the encoding to use given a content type, if multiple encodings are available |`string` | |Selection Behavior |Value that determines how the Photos picker handles user selection |`string` | |Has Photo Library Access |Boolean that determines whether the app has library access or not when the Photos picker is presented |`boolean`| ## Glossary |Dimension |Value |Definition | |--------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Accessory Visibility|none |None | |Accessory Visibility|top |Top | |Accessory Visibility|leading |Leading | |Accessory Visibility|top + leading |Top + Leading | |Accessory Visibility|bottom |Bottom | |Accessory Visibility|top + bottom |Top + Bottom | |Accessory Visibility|leading + bottom |Leading + Bottom | |Accessory Visibility|top + leading + bottom |Top + Leading + Bottom | |Accessory Visibility|trailing |Trailing | |Accessory Visibility|top + trailing |Top + Trailing | |Accessory Visibility|leading + trailing |Leading + Trailing | |Accessory Visibility|top + leading + trailing |Top + Leading + Trailing | |Accessory Visibility|bottom + trailing |Bottom + Trailing | |Accessory Visibility|top + bottom + trailing |Top + Bottom + Trailing | |Accessory Visibility|leading + bottom + trailing |Leading + Bottom + Trailing | |Accessory Visibility|top + leading + bottom + trailing|Top + Leading + Bottom | |Style |default |Default picker style. | |Style |compact |Compact picker style (single row). | |Encoding Policy |automatic |Uses the best encoding determined by the system. | |Encoding Policy |current |Uses the current encoding to avoid transcoding if possible. | |Encoding Policy |compatible |Uses the most compatible encoding if possible, even if transcoding is required. | |Selection Behavior |default |Uses the default selection behavior. | |Selection Behavior |ordered |Uses the selection order made by the user. Selected items are numbered. | |Selection Behavior |continuous |Selection can be delivered continuously. | |Selection Behavior |continuous and ordered |Selection can be delivered continuously and uses the selection order made by the user. Selected assets are numbered.| --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)