FileManager Has Saved My Images - yet I cannot see / display them whenever I close and reopen the application.

So basically I can tell that the images are being saved by the system (it shows it on the debug terminal) however whenever I close, and then reopen the app the images firstly aren't there at all but also whenever I search the address name I saved them as... I have tried diagonsing the problem by changing UUID's, changing PNGs to JPGS - no matter what I do it does not show once the application has closed. I think it might have to do with how the image are .HEIF (apple's standard) but I don't have any concrete evidence to back this up. If anyone can help it would be greatly apperciated.

import SwiftUI
import MapKit
import CoreLocation

struct ContentView: View {
    @StateObject private var mapAPI = MapAPI()
    @State private var text = ""
    @State private var locationInfo: String = ""
    @State private var showLocationInfo = false
    @State private var imageUrls = [String]() // Array to store image URLs
    
    @State private var showImagePicker = false
    @State private var showCamera = false
    @State private var selectedImage: UIImage?
    @State private var images: [UIImage] = []
    @State private var selectedImageSourceType: UIImagePickerController.SourceType?
    
    struct ImageInfo: Identifiable {
        let id = UUID()
        let address: String
        let imageUrl: URL
    }

...




// Page 2: Photo
            
            VStack {
                Spacer()
                
                Menu {
                    Button(action: {
                        showImagePicker = true
                        selectedImageSourceType = .photoLibrary
                    }) {
                        Label("Choose from Library", systemImage: "photo")
                    }
                    
                    Button(action: {
                        showImagePicker = true
                        selectedImageSourceType = .camera
                    }) {
                        Label("Take Photo", systemImage: "camera")
                    }
                } label: {
                    Text("Memories")
                        .font(.title)
                        .foregroundColor(.black)
                }
                .padding()
                .sheet(isPresented: $showImagePicker, onDismiss: loadImage) {
                    ImagePicker(sourceType: selectedImageSourceType ?? .photoLibrary) { image in
                        selectedImage = image
                    }
                }
                
                if !images.isEmpty {
                    ScrollView {
                        LazyVGrid(columns: [GridItem(.adaptive(minimum: 200, maximum: 700))], spacing: 20) {
                            ForEach(images, id: \.self) { image in
                                Image(uiImage: image)
                                    .resizable()
                                    .aspectRatio(contentMode: .fill)
                                    .frame(height: UIScreen.main.bounds.height / 5)
                                    .frame(width: UIScreen.main.bounds.width - 60)
                                    .cornerRadius(15)
                            }
                        }
                        .padding()
                    }
                } else {
                    Text("No photos available")
                        .foregroundColor(.gray)
                }
            }
            .tabItem {
                Image(systemName: "camera")
                Text("Memories")
            }
            .tag(1)
        }
        .accentColor(.black)
    }
    
    @State private var encodedAddress = ""
    
    func fetchLocationInfoFromWikipedia(for address: String) {
        guard let encodedAddress = address.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlQueryAllowed),
              let url = URL(string: "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&prop=extracts&exintro=true&explaintext=true&titles=\(encodedAddress)") else {
            self.encodedAddress = encodedAddress
            return
        }
        
        URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { data, _, error in
            if let data = data {
                if let responseJSON = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: []) as? [String: Any],
                   let query = responseJSON["query"] as? [String: Any],
                   let pages = query["pages"] as? [String: Any],
                   let page = pages.keys.first,
                   let pageData = pages[page] as? [String: Any],
                   let extract = pageData["extract"] as? String {
                    DispatchQueue.main.async {
                        self.locationInfo = extract
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        .resume()
    }
    
    func openWebsite(_ urlString: String) {
        if let encodedAddress = self.text.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlQueryAllowed),
           let url = URL(string: urlString + encodedAddress) {
            UIApplication.shared.open(url)
        }
    }
    
    func loadImage() {
         guard let selectedImage = selectedImage else { return }
         images.append(selectedImage)
         saveImage(selectedImage)
         self.selectedImage = nil
     }
     
     func saveImage(_ image: UIImage) {
         let documentsDirectory = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first!
         let filename = UUID().uuidString
         let fileURL = documentsDirectory.appendingPathComponent(filename)
         
         if let imageData = image.jpegData(compressionQuality: 1.0) {
             do {
                 try imageData.write(to: fileURL)
                 print("Image saved at: \(fileURL)")
             } catch {
                 print("Error saving image data: \(error.localizedDescription)")
             }
         }
     }
     
     func loadSavedImages() {
         let documentsDirectory = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first!
         do {
             let fileURLs = try FileManager.default.contentsOfDirectory(at: documentsDirectory, includingPropertiesForKeys: nil, options: [])
             let imageFiles = fileURLs.filter { $0.pathExtension == "png" || $0.pathExtension == "png" }
             
             for fileURL in imageFiles {
                 if let imageData = try? Data(contentsOf: fileURL),
                    let image = UIImage(data: imageData) {
                     images.append(image)
                 }
             }
         } catch {
             print("Error loading saved images: \(error.localizedDescription)")
         }
     }
 }

 struct ContentView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
     static var previews: some View {
         ContentView()
     }
 }