[iOS 18.0] PHImageManager request image crash

I noticed that this crash is only happening when we are trying to request an asset which was clicked using Apple native camera.

Can you provide a short code listing showing how you are using these APIs when this crash occurs? I'd like to try to reproduce your results here.

The app crashes when attempting to fetch the latest image from the gallery. The crash occurs specifically when the latest image is a freshly captured photo from the native Camera app.

var allPhotosOptions: PHFetchOptions {
        let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()
        fetchOptions.sortDescriptors = [NSSortDescriptor(key: "creationDate", ascending: false)]
        fetchOptions.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "mediaType = \(PHAssetMediaType.image.rawValue)")
        return fetchOptions
    }

    func requestImageFromPhotoLibrary() {
        var selectedAssets = [String]()
        let allPhotos = PHAsset.fetchAssets(with: allPhotosOptions)
        let firstAsset = allPhotos.firstObject?.localIdentifier
        selectedAssets.append(firstAsset ?? "")
        let assetResult = PHAsset.fetchAssets(withLocalIdentifiers: selectedAssets, options: nil)
        // Perform assets creation in background thread
        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async { [weak self] in
            if let phAsset = assetResult.firstObject {
                let options = PHImageRequestOptions()
                options.isNetworkAccessAllowed = true
                options.deliveryMode = .highQualityFormat

                let resultHandler: (Data?, String?, CGImagePropertyOrientation,
                                    [AnyHashable: Any]?) -> Void = { [weak self] (data, _, _, _) in
                    guard let self = self else { return }
                    if let imageData = data, let assetImage = UIImage(data: imageData) {
                        print("Image size: \(assetImage.size)")
                    } else {
                        print("Didn't get assets from PhotosFramework")
                    }
                }
                PHImageManager.default().requestImageDataAndOrientation(for: phAsset, options: options,
                                                                        resultHandler: resultHandler)
            }
        }
    }

Hi there. Thanks for providing some source. I tried running this on an iPhone 16 running 18.3.2 immediately after taking a photo with the iPhone's camera and it did not crash. I tried a couple of times. I pasted this code into the ViewController of a new Xcode project and I called your requestImageFromPhotoLibrary() from viewDidLoad(). Is there anything else I need to do to make it crash?

Hi, the issue on our app is intermittent and it's happening with the above code snippet. I tried implementing the same with sample app myself and it was not happening.

So is there any build settings or any other settings which might be causing this?

That sounds like it could be something else in your app causing a problem. I recommend doing some additional debugging to try to figure out what's going on there. Maybe even making a copy of your app and trying to identify what's causing the error using a process of elimination by turning different parts off.