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How do I paste an image programmatically with Swift?

I have a working code where I copy an image to UIPasteboard, but I cannot find a way to implement the PASTE functionality programmatically. Any idea or tip?

Solution

  • The following piece of code might work. Make sure you are testing on the device.

    let image = UIImage(named: "person.png")
UIPasteboard.generalPasteboard().image = image;

    based on the comment, you can do it as follows. I am putting here the objective-c code, I hope you could get the idea then convert it to the swift.

    NSData* pasteData = [[UIPasteboard generalPasteboard] dataForPasteboardType:(NSString*)kUTTypeJPEG];

    you may find the swift solution in the following url Swift UIPasteboard not copying PNG