Detect existence of camera in iPhone app?

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Origamiguy picture Origamiguy · Sep 4, 2010 · Viewed 33k times · Source

I'm writing an iOS app, and I need to be able to detect if the device has a camera. Previously, I would check if the device is an iPhone or not, since only the iPhone has a camera - but with the launch of the iPod Touch 4 this is no longer a viable option. The app functions without a camera, but the presence of a camera adds functionality.

So, can anyone provide me with code that returns whether there is a camera or not?

Answer

Vladimir picture Vladimir · Sep 4, 2010

You can use +isSourceTypeAvailable: method in UIImagePickerController:

if ([UIImagePickerController isSourceTypeAvailable: UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera])
   // Has camera

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