Access to USB SD Card / Camera Adapters

I am interested in augmenting my application with the ability to read photos from the following accessories:

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MJYT2AM/A/lightning-to-sd-card-camera-reader

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MK0W2AM/A/lightning-to-usb-3-camera-adapter?fnode=97


Specifically, I want to be able to access these photos without first having to download them all to the Photos app or other device memory.


Is this possible? And if so, where can I find information about how to do it? Swift 3.0 strongly preferred. 🙂

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After exhausting all the various avenues I could think of, I reached out to Apple code-level support to see if access to the SD Card Camera reader was possible. Turns out that currently access is not possible without a change to their API.


I've created a ticket, suggesting an addition that would allow access, but for now it's not possible (according to Apple).

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  • This is very frustrating. Is there still no way to do this?

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