Is there a way to delete images (and videos) in camera roll in the photos app that my app didn't create. I know you can't delete things from Asset Library that your app didn't create. But this app isn't on app store. It's on a kiosk type environment. So I can use private APIs.
So is there a way to do this using private APIs that apple would not approve for the app store, but would work for my situation.
Thanks.
Yep, you can do this in iOS 8 using Photos framework.
For example if you have Assets URLs stored in NSArray *assetsURLs
PHPhotoLibrary *library = [PHPhotoLibrary sharedPhotoLibrary]; [library performChanges:^{ PHFetchResult *assetsToBeDeleted = [PHAsset fetchAssetsWithALAssetURLs:assetsURLs options:nil]; [PHAssetChangeRequest deleteAssets:assetsToBeDeleted]; } completionHandler:^(BOOL success, NSError *error) { //do something here }]; this code will ask user to confirm removal from Camera Roll.
Here is a version for Swift that will delete all photos in the library.
First, you will need to be sure that you have the key for permissions in your app's info.plist file: 
You will need to have been given permission by the user to access Photos (not including code here for that).
Next, the import & code:
import Photos func deleteAllPhotos() { let library = PHPhotoLibrary.shared() library.performChanges({ let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions() let allPhotos = PHAsset.fetchAssets(with: .image, options: fetchOptions) PHAssetChangeRequest.deleteAssets(allPhotos) }) { (success, error) in // Handle success & errors } } When this code is called, the user receives an OS prompt asking to confirm the deletion. Assuming they click yes, then everything is gone.
