UIImagePickerController opening as .camera instead of .savedPhotosAlbum

Question

I am using these two separate buttons in order to open either the camera OR the imageGallery.

@IBAction func tapGal(_ sender: Any) {
    if UIImagePickerController.isSourceTypeAvailable(UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.savedPhotosAlbum) {
        let imagePicker = UIImagePickerController()
        imagePicker.delegate = self
        imagePicker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.camera
        imagePicker.allowsEditing = true

        self.present(imagePicker, animated: true, completion: nil)

    } else {
        NSLog("No Cam Fam")
    }
}

@IBAction func tapCam(_ sender: Any) {
    if UIImagePickerController.isSourceTypeAvailable(UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.camera) {
        let imagePicker = UIImagePickerController()
        imagePicker.delegate = self
        imagePicker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.camera
        imagePicker.allowsEditing = true

        self.present(imagePicker, animated: true, completion: nil)

    } else {
        NSLog("No Cam Fam")
    }
}

The Camera button is working just as it should, meaning it opens the camera, but the gallery button is also opening the camera. I have double-checked to make sure that the gallery button is actually linked to the tapGal function. I have also tried replacing .savedPhotosAlbum with .photoLibrary, but the result was the same.

Answer 1

Try replacing your method with new one.

Your mistake is you have passed same line of code for both method :

imagePicker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.camera

instad of

imagePicker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.savedPhotosAlbum

Replace below method with your one :-

@IBAction func tapGal(_ sender: Any) {
    if UIImagePickerController.isSourceTypeAvailable(UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.savedPhotosAlbum) {
        let imagePicker = UIImagePickerController()
        imagePicker.delegate = self
        imagePicker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.savedPhotosAlbum



        imagePicker.allowsEditing = true

        self.present(imagePicker, animated: true, completion: nil)

    } else {
        NSLog("No PhotoLibrary")
    }
}