The file “IMG_0001.JPG” couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view it

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I'm using JSQMessagesViewController to send photo messages in my chats and I face this problem when I'm trying to upload image from gallery. Here is my code:

override func didPressAccessoryButton(_ sender: UIButton) {
        let picker = UIImagePickerController()
        picker.delegate = self
        if (UIImagePickerController.isSourceTypeAvailable(UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.photoLibrary)) {
            picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.photoLibrary
        }

        present(picker, animated: true, completion:nil)
    }

    func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController,
                               didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : Any]) {

        picker.dismiss(animated: true, completion:nil)

        // 1
        if let photoReferenceUrl = info[UIImagePickerControllerReferenceURL] as? URL {
            // Handle picking a Photo from the Po8hoto Library
            // 2
            let assets = PHAsset.fetchAssets(withALAssetURLs: [photoReferenceUrl], options: nil)
            let asset = assets.firstObject

            // 3
            if let key = sendPhotoMessage() {
                // 4
                asset?.requestContentEditingInput(with: nil, completionHandler: { (contentEditingInput, info) in
                    let imageFileURL = contentEditingInput?.fullSizeImageURL

                    // 5
                    let path = "\(FIRAuth.auth()?.currentUser?.uid)/\(Int(Date.timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate * 1000))/\(photoReferenceUrl.lastPathComponent)"

                    // 6
                    self.storageRef.child(path).putFile(imageFileURL!, metadata: nil) { (metadata, error) in
                        if let error = error {
                            print("Error uploading photo: \(error.localizedDescription)")
                            return
                        }
                        // 7
                        self.setImageURL(self.storageRef.child((metadata?.path)!).description, forPhotoMessageWithKey: key)
                    }
                })
            }
        } else {
            // Handle picking a Photo from the Camera - TODO
        }
    }

    func imagePickerControllerDidCancel(_ picker: UIImagePickerController) {
        picker.dismiss(animated: true, completion:nil)
    }

I`ve read a lot about it in google ( The file “xxx.mp4” couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view it ) , but unfortunately, there is no solution for it. Please help me to understand how could I fix this warning? Whole warning message:

Body file is unreachable: /var/mobile/Media/PhotoData/Sync/100SYNCD/IMG_0001.JPG Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=257 "The file “IMG_0001.JPG” couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view it." UserInfo={NSURL=file:///var/mobile/Media/PhotoData/Sync/100SYNCD/IMG_0001.JPG, NSFilePath=/var/mobile/Media/PhotoData/Sync/100SYNCD/IMG_0001.JPG, NSUnderlyingError=0x17464d4a0 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=1 "Operation not permitted"}} Error uploading photo: An unknown error occurred, please check the server response.

P.S. this works good in emulator, I'm getting this warning only at real device.

add photo library usage description in your info.plist file .and in the value section add any message you want — Samarth Kejriwal
use if let photoReferenceUrl = info[UIImagePickerControllerImageURL] as? URL , because UIImagePickerControllerReferenceURLis deprecated ` — Samarth Kejriwal
use of unresolved identifier UIImagePickerControllerImageURL — coldembrace
I've changed in into UIImagePickerControllerMediaURL but now I have this error: [Generic] Creating an image format with an unknown type is an error — coldembrace

coldembrace coldembrace · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-21T15:25:32

I've rewrite imagePickerController method, now it works perfect

func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController,
                               didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : Any]) {

        picker.dismiss(animated: true, completion:nil)

        let stRef = FIRStorage.storage().reference()

        let metaData = FIRStorageMetadata()
        metaData.contentType = "image/jpeg"

        if let photo = info[UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage] as? UIImage {
            var data = NSData()
            data = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(photo, 0.25)! as NSData
            if let key = sendPhotoMessage() {
                    let path = "\(FIRAuth.auth()?.currentUser?.uid)/\(Int(Date.timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate * 1000)))"

                stRef.child(path).put(data as Data, metadata: metaData){ (metaData,error) in
                        if error != nil {
                            return
                        }
                        else {
                            let downloadURL = metaData!.downloadURL()!.absoluteString
                            self.setImageURL(downloadURL, forPhotoMessageWithKey: key)
                        }
                    }
            }
        } else {
            // Handle picking a Photo from the Camera - TODO
        }
    }

The file “IMG_0001.JPG” couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view it

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