How to get image file path from UIImageview - objective-c

Question

I have a UIImageView that diaplays an image. Then I have a button titled 'save' . What I want to do is that when I click the button, it should save the image file name into a plist for further retrieval and stuff.
I know how to save into plist and all. The problem is only that I don't know how to get the file path of the image being displayed in the UIImageView.
I did homework and found few articles but im still confused. Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

I dont think it is possible to get the image path from a UIImage, if by path you mean the original location on disk, then i dont think that you can do it

Answer 2

The best way to do this is to Save the image in document folder with name image1, image2, etc or the exact name of the image if you know it. And you can save the image names in the plist. Using the names here you can do the further stuff easily.

Answer 3

Create UIImageview as CustomImageview class with NSString variable.Then while showing that image,store the image file path in that string variable.Then you can get it where ever you want with the use of that string.Use the following code
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface Imager : UIImageView
{
NSString* imageFileName; #property(nonatomic,retain)NSString* imageFileName;
}
#end
#import "Imager.h"
#implementation
#synthesize imageFileName
and the assign the filepathname where you are assigning the image like your
Imageview.image = UIImage;
your Imageview.imageFileName=yourImageFilepath;
to get the yourImageFilepath add "AssetsLibrary.framework" to your framework folder.Then add #import "AssetsLibrary/AssetsLibrary.h"; to the header file of your class.
then add the following code in "didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo" method
UIImage *viewImage = yourImage;
ALAssetsLibrary *library = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];
[library writeImageToSavedPhotosAlbum:[viewImage CGImage] orientation: (ALAssetOrientation)[viewImage imageOrientation] completionBlock:^(NSURL *assetURL, NSError *error)
{
if (error)
{
NSLog(#"error");
}
else
{
NSLog(#"url %#", assetURL);
}
}];
[library release];
It will return a url.that is your yourImageFilepath.