UIImageView - How to get the file name of the image assigned?

Neither UIImageView not UIImage holds on to the filename of the image loaded.

You can either

1: (as suggested by Kenny Winker above) subclass UIImageView to have a fileName property or

2: name the image files with numbers (image1.jpg, image2.jpg etc) and tag those images with the corresponding number (tag=1 for image1.jpg, tag=2 for image2.jpg etc) or

3: Have a class level variable (eg. NSString *currentFileName) which updates whenever you update the UIImageView's image

Get image name Swift 4.2

There is a way if you want to compare button image names that you have in assets.

@IBOutlet weak var extraShotCheckbox: UIButton!

@IBAction func extraShotCheckBoxAction(_ sender: Any) {
    extraShotCheckbox.setImage(changeCheckBoxImage(button: extraShotCheckbox), for: .normal)
}

func changeCheckBoxImage(button: UIButton) -> UIImage {
    if let imageView = button.imageView, let image = imageView.image {
        if image == UIImage(named: "checkboxGrayOn") {
            return UIImage(named: "checkbox")!
        } else {
            return UIImage(named: "checkboxGrayOn")!
        }
    }
    return UIImage()
}

In short:

uiImageView.image?.imageAsset?.value(forKey: "assetName")

UIImage has an imageAsset property (since iOS 8.0) that references the UIImageAsset it was created from (if any).

UIImageAsset has an assetName property that has the information you want. Unfortunately it is not public, hence the need to use value(forKey: "assetName"). Use at your own risk, as it's officially out of bounds for the App Store.

use below

 UIImageView *imageView = ((UIImageView *)(barButtonItem.customView.subviews.lastObject));
 file_name = imageView.accessibilityLabel;

The code is work in swift3 - write code inside didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo delegate method:

if let referenceUrl = info[UIImagePickerControllerReferenceURL] as? NSURL {
  ALAssetsLibrary().asset(for: referenceUrl as URL!, resultBlock: { asset in

  let fileName = asset?.defaultRepresentation().filename()
  print(fileName!)

  //do whatever with your file name            
  }, failureBlock: nil)
}