Is there any way to programmatically set the camera focus off an iOS device to infinity?

Question

I am creating an app that locks the camera focus for video recording purposes. I want to lock the focus to infinity without having the user manually adjust the focus. Is this possible? Thanks!

Answer 1

That is the way to disable focus, it locks it for all the time:

// Find a suitable capture device
    AVCaptureDevice *cameraDevice = [AVCaptureDevice defaultDeviceWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];

    // SETUP FOCUS MODE
    if ([cameraDevice lockForConfiguration:nil]) {

        [cameraDevice setFocusMode:AVCaptureFocusModeLocked];

        [cameraDevice unlockForConfiguration];
    }
    else{
        NSLog(@"error while configuring focusMode");
    }

What do you mean "lock the focus to infinity"?