Question

What is a fast way to load 10-20 fullscreen images from a camera roll, saved photos?

I’m using this code, but to load 10 photos I need to wait about 5-10 seconds. I’m using iPhone 4S.

ALAssetsLibrary *library = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];
[library enumerateGroupsWithTypes:ALAssetsGroupSavedPhotos usingBlock:^(ALAssetsGroup *group, BOOL *stop) {
    if(_savedPhotos.count>=11) *stop = YES;
    [group enumerateAssetsWithOptions:NSEnumerationReverse usingBlock:^(ALAsset *result, NSUInteger index, BOOL *needToStop) {
        NSLog(@"%d",index);
        if(_savedPhotos.count<11)
        {
            UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:result.defaultRepresentation.fullScreenImage];
            [_savedPhotos addObject:image];
        }
        else
        {
            *needToStop = YES;
        }
    }];
} failureBlock:^(NSError *error) {
    NSLog(@"%@",error.description);
}];

Answer 1

The ALAssetsLibrary library will run on a separate thread. So it may take time to communicate with the UI related and other stuff.

So use -performSelectorOnMainThread:withObject:waitUntilDone: inside the ALAssetsLibrary block.

Change your code as below

ALAssetsLibrary *library = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];
[library enumerateGroupsWithTypes:ALAssetsGroupSavedPhotos usingBlock:^(ALAssetsGroup *group, BOOL *stop) {
    [group enumerateAssetsWithOptions:NSEnumerationReverse usingBlock:^(ALAsset *result, NSUInteger index, BOOL *needToStop) {
            NSLog(@"%d",index);
            UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:result.defaultRepresentation.fullScreenImage];
            [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(usePhotolibraryimage:) withObject:image waitUntilDone:NO];
        }];
    }

    failureBlock:^(NSError *error) {
           NSLog(@"%@",error.description);
    }];

- (void)usePhotolibraryimage:(UiImage *)myImage{

    //Do your all UI related and all stuff here
}

Note:Look on this issue too.