How to save image to custom album?

I came up with this singleton class to handle it:

import Photos

class CustomPhotoAlbum {

    static let albumName = "Flashpod"
    static let sharedInstance = CustomPhotoAlbum()

    var assetCollection: PHAssetCollection!

    init() {

        func fetchAssetCollectionForAlbum() -> PHAssetCollection! {

            let fetchOptions = PHFetchOptions()
            fetchOptions.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "title = %@", CustomPhotoAlbum.albumName)
            let collection = PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollectionsWithType(.Album, subtype: .Any, options: fetchOptions)

            if let firstObject: AnyObject = collection.firstObject {
                return collection.firstObject as! PHAssetCollection
            }

            return nil
        }

        if let assetCollection = fetchAssetCollectionForAlbum() {
            self.assetCollection = assetCollection
            return
        }

        PHPhotoLibrary.sharedPhotoLibrary().performChanges({
            PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest.creationRequestForAssetCollectionWithTitle(CustomPhotoAlbum.albumName)
        }) { success, _ in
            if success {
                self.assetCollection = fetchAssetCollectionForAlbum()
            }
        }
    }

    func saveImage(image: UIImage) {

        if assetCollection == nil {
            return   // If there was an error upstream, skip the save.
        }

        PHPhotoLibrary.sharedPhotoLibrary().performChanges({
            let assetChangeRequest = PHAssetChangeRequest.creationRequestForAssetFromImage(image)
            let assetPlaceholder = assetChangeRequest.placeholderForCreatedAsset
            let albumChangeRequest = PHAssetCollectionChangeRequest(forAssetCollection: self.assetCollection)
            albumChangeRequest.addAssets([assetPlaceholder])
        }, completionHandler: nil)
    }


}

When you first instantiate the class, the custom album will be created if it doesn’t already exist. You can save an image like this:

CustomPhotoAlbum.sharedInstance.saveImage(image)

NOTE: The CustomPhotoAlbum class assumes the app already has permission to access the Photo Library. Dealing with the permissions is a bit outside the scope of this question/answer. So make sure PHPhotoLibrary.authorizationStatus() == .Authorize before you use it. And request authorization if necessary.