# B-Sides/ELCImagePickerController

A clone of the UIImagePickerController using the Assets Library Framework allowing for multiple asset selection

Repository: https://github.com/B-Sides/ELCImagePickerController
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/elcimagepickercontroller
Homepage: http://www.icodeblog.com
Language: Objective-C
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-09-25T11:01:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5809, "days_push": 2168, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1641, forks 458 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:15.324499+00:00)

## What it is
An Objective-C iOS library that clones UIImagePickerController using the deprecated Assets Library Framework to allow users to select multiple photos and videos from the device photo library. It presents modally like the system picker and returns an array of selected assets via a delegate.

## Use cases
- let users pick multiple photos at once in an iOS app
- replace UIImagePickerController when multi-asset selection is needed
- build a photo upload flow that selects several images
- customize maximum image count and selection order in a picker
- return asset location info instead of UIImage objects

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy Objective-C iOS app still targeting old iOS versions with the Assets Library framework
- you need a drop-in multi-image picker mimicking UIImagePickerController's delegate pattern

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new iOS project - the Assets Library framework is deprecated in favor of PHPhotoLibrary/PHPickerViewController
- you need iOS 14+ limited photo library support
- you need Swift-native or actively maintained solutions

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, image-processing, file-upload
- domain: mobile-development, media, photography
- platform: -
- tags: image-picker, ios, objective-c, assets-library, multiple-photo-selection, uikit, deprecated, mobile

## Member repositories
- B-Sides/ELCImagePickerController (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:15.324499+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:46:21.573950+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/B-Sides/ELCImagePickerController (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:15.324499+00:00, sha 9af8e70befae)
  - homepage: http://www.icodeblog.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:19:22.381407+00:00, sha 9c0c6f1e053f)
  - site_page: https://icodeblog.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T11:19:22.390615+00:00, sha 6485552a4977)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.