Add permission checks before saving image (#945)

* catch permission errors when saving image to album

* Save photos to media library alone (not an album)

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Co-authored-by: Paul Frazee <pfrazee@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/media/manip.ts b/src/lib/media/manip.ts
index 2f6c25e83..a681627e6 100644
--- a/src/lib/media/manip.ts
+++ b/src/lib/media/manip.ts
@@ -108,13 +108,7 @@ export async function shareImageModal({uri}: {uri: string}) {
   RNFS.unlink(imagePath)
 }
 
-export async function saveImageToAlbum({
-  uri,
-  album,
-}: {
-  uri: string
-  album: string
-}) {
+export async function saveImageToMediaLibrary({uri}: {uri: string}) {
   // download the file to cache
   // NOTE
   // assuming PNG
@@ -126,14 +120,8 @@ export async function saveImageToAlbum({
   let imagePath = downloadResponse.path()
   imagePath = normalizePath(await moveToPermanentPath(imagePath, '.png'), true)
 
-  // save to the album (creating as needed)
-  const assetRef = await MediaLibrary.createAssetAsync(imagePath)
-  const albumRef = await MediaLibrary.getAlbumAsync(album)
-  if (albumRef) {
-    await MediaLibrary.addAssetsToAlbumAsync(assetRef, albumRef)
-  } else {
-    await MediaLibrary.createAlbumAsync(album, assetRef)
-  }
+  // save
+  await MediaLibrary.createAssetAsync(imagePath)
 }
 
 export function getImageDim(path: string): Promise<Dimensions> {