Question

From the documentation of UIImagePickerController:

On iPad, present the user interface using a popover. Doing so is valid
only if the sourceType property of the image picker controller is set
to UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera.

So what they say is:

• On iPad I MUST use a UIPopoverController to display the image picker.
• But at the same time, it is limited to UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera

How about the other source types such as UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary or UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeSavedPhotosAlbum?

In my case I want the user to choose from his photo library and not take a picture with the camera.

Is there a way to use UIImagePickerController to pick photos from a library on the iPad?

Answer 1

I suspect that documention has a typo in it. I’ve successfully used UIImagePickerController with other sourceTypes on iPad – just had to make sure it was in a UIPopoverController.