PHAssetCollectionMBS.available as boolean

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
shared method	Photos	MBS Mac64bit Plugin	20.2	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Checks whether class is available.

Should return true on MacOS 10.13 or newer.

PHAssetCollectionMBS.fetchAssetCollectionsContainingAsset(asset as PHAssetMBS, type as Integer, options as PHFetchOptionsMBS = nil) as PHFetchResultMBS

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
shared method	Photos	MBS Mac64bit Plugin	20.2	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Retrieves asset collections of the specified type containing the specified asset.

asset: A Photos asset.
type: An asset collection type, such as an album or a moment. See Type constants.
options: Options that specify a filter predicate and sort order for the fetched asset collections, or nil to use default options. For details, see PHFetchOptionsMBS.

Returns a fetch result that contains the requested PHAssetCollectionMBS objects, or an empty fetch result if no objects match the request.

PHAssetCollectionMBS.fetchAssetCollectionsWithALAssetGroupURLs(assetGroupURLs() as string, options as PHFetchOptionsMBS = nil) as PHFetchResultMBS

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
shared method	Photos	MBS Mac64bit Plugin	20.2	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Retrieves asset collections using URLs provided by the Assets Library framework.

assetGroupURLs: An array of URLs, each an asset group URL that was previously retrieved from an ALAssetsGroupMBS object.
options: Options that specify a filter predicate and sort order for the fetched asset collections, or nil to use default options. For details, see PHFetchOptionsMBS.

Returns a fetch result that contains the requested PHAssetCollectionMBS objects, or an empty fetch result if no objects match the request.

The Assets Library framework is deprecated in iOS 8.0 and later, replaced by the Photos framework. Use this method if your app has previously stored URLs from ALAssetsGroupMBS objects and you need to retrieve the corresponding Photos framework objects.

PHAssetCollectionMBS.fetchAssetCollectionsWithLocalIdentifiers(identifiers() as string, options as PHFetchOptionsMBS = nil) as PHFetchResultMBS

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
shared method	Photos	MBS Mac64bit Plugin	20.2	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Retrieves asset collections with the specified unique identifiers.

identifiers: An array of strings, each the localIdentifier string of an asset collection.
options: Options that specify a filter predicate and sort order for the fetched asset collections, or nil to use default options. For details, see PHFetchOptionsMBS.

Returns a fetch result that contains the requested PHAssetCollectionMBS objects, or an empty fetch result if no objects match the request.

PHAssetCollectionMBS.fetchAssetCollectionsWithType(type as Integer, subType as integer, options as PHFetchOptionsMBS = nil) as PHFetchResultMBS

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
shared method	Photos	MBS Mac64bit Plugin	20.2	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Retrieves asset collections of the specified type and subtype.

type: A type of asset collection, such as an album or a moment. See Type constants.
subtype: A subtype of asset collection. See Subtype constants.
options: Options that specify a filter predicate and sort order for the fetched asset collections, or nil to use default options. For details, see PHFetchOptionsMBS.

Returns a fetch result that contains the requested PHAssetCollectionMBS objects, or an empty fetch result if no objects match the request.

By default, the returned PHFetchResultMBS object contains all asset collections with the specified type and subtype. To retrieve a more specific set of asset collections, provide a PHFetchOptionsMBS object containing a filter predicate.

Some examples using this method:

• /Mac64bit/Photos/Photos

PHAssetCollectionMBS.transientAssetCollectionWithAssetFetchResult(fetchResult as PHAssetMBS, title as string) as PHAssetCollectionMBS

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
shared method	Photos	MBS Mac64bit Plugin	20.2	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Creates a temporary asset collection containing the assets from the specified fetch result.

fetchResult: A fetch result containing one or more PHAssetMBS objects.
title: A name for the new temporary asset collection.

Returns a new asset collection.

Transient asset collections are not saved to local storage or iCloud and do not appear in the Photos application or other apps using the Photos framework. A transient collection can be useful if you’ve designed a UI for displaying the contents of a collection and want to display an arbitrary set of assets.

PHAssetCollectionMBS.transientAssetCollectionWithAssets(assets() as PHAssetMBS, title as string) as PHAssetCollectionMBS

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
shared method	Photos	MBS Mac64bit Plugin	20.2	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Creates a temporary asset collection containing the specified assets.

assets: An array of PHAssetMBS objects.
title: A name for the new temporary asset collection.

Returns a new asset collection.

Transient asset collections are not saved to local storage or iCloud and do not appear in the Photos app or other apps using the Photos framework. A transient collection can be useful if you’ve designed a UI for displaying the contents of a collection and want to display an arbitrary set of assets.