A gist for the YouTube tutorial on picking and adding photos from your photos library

ImagePicker.swift

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import SwiftUI
import PhotosUI


@Observable
class ImagePicker {
    
    var image: Image?
    var images: [Image] = []
  
  // Change the UpdateEditFormViewModel to match the name of your own ViewModel
    var vm: UpdateEditFormViewModel?
    
    func setup(_ vm: UpdateEditFormViewModel) {
        self.vm = vm
    }
    var imageSelection: PhotosPickerItem? {
        didSet {
            if let imageSelection {
                Task {
                    try await loadTransferable(from: imageSelection)
                }
            }
        }
    }
    
    @MainActor
    func loadTransferable(from imageSelection: PhotosPickerItem?) async throws {
        do {
            if let data = try await imageSelection?.loadTransferable(type: Data.self) {
                vm?.data = data
                if let uiImage = UIImage(data: data) {
                    self.image = Image(uiImage: uiImage)
                }
            }
        } catch {
            print(error.localizedDescription)
            image = nil
        }
    }
}