func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController,
    didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : Any]) {
      picker.dismiss(animated: true, completion:nil)
    guard let uid = FIRAuth.auth()?.currentUser?.uid else { return }

    // if it's a photo from the library, not an image from the camera
    if #available(iOS 8.0, *), let referenceURL = info[UIImagePickerControllerReferenceURL] {
      let assets = PHAsset.fetchAssets(withALAssetURLs: [referenceURL as! URL], options: nil)
      let asset = assets.firstObject
      asset?.requestContentEditingInput(with: nil, completionHandler: { [weak self] (contentEditingInput, info) in
        let imageFile = contentEditingInput?.fullSizeImageURL
        let filePath = "\(uid)/\(Int(Date.timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate * 1000))/\((referenceURL as AnyObject).lastPathComponent!)"
        guard let strongSelf = self else { return }
        strongSelf.storageRef.child(filePath)
          .putFile(imageFile!, metadata: nil) { (metadata, error) in
            if let error = error {
              let nsError = error as NSError
              print("Error uploading: \(nsError.localizedDescription)")
              return
            }
            strongSelf.sendMessage(withData: [Constants.MessageFields.imageURL: strongSelf.storageRef.child((metadata?.path)!).description])
          }
      })
    } else {
      guard let image = info[UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage] as! UIImage? else { return }
      let imageData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(image, 0.8)
      let imagePath = "\(uid)/\(Int(Date.timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate * 1000)).jpg"
      let metadata = FIRStorageMetadata()
      metadata.contentType = "image/jpeg"
      self.storageRef.child(imagePath)
        .put(imageData!, metadata: metadata) { [weak self] (metadata, error) in
          if let error = error {
            print("Error uploading: \(error)")
            return
          }
          guard let strongSelf = self else { return }
          strongSelf.sendMessage(withData: [Constants.MessageFields.imageURL: strongSelf.storageRef.child((metadata?.path)!).description])
      }
    }
  }