Hi,
I recently discovered that the UIImagePicker is somewhat "soft deprecated" according to https://ikyle.me/blog/2020/phpickerviewcontroller.
However, the suggested PHPicker does not implement the option to capture photos. Will this be possible in the future or should I rather stay with UIImagePicker?
Best, Lukas
Hello Lukas,
The deprecation announcement for the photo library portion of UIImagePickerController was made here: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10652/?time=800
The camera portion of UIImagePickerController is not deprecated. If you would like to see capture features added to PHPicker, please file an enhancement request using Feedback Assistant.
To summarize, for accessing the photo library, use PHPicker. For the capture needs in your app, use either AVCapture (which gives you the greatest amount of control and flexibility), or the capture portions of UIImagePickerController.
