Set front-facing camera in Xcode

Damian picture Damian · May 29, 2012 · Viewed 23.1k times · Source

Set front-facing camera in Xcode. How can I do that? Set front-facing camera in Xcode.

AVCaptureSession *session = [AVCaptureSession new];
if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom] == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
    [session setSessionPreset:AVCaptureSessionPreset640x480];
else
    [session setSessionPreset:AVCaptureSessionPresetPhoto];

AVCaptureDevice *device = [AVCaptureDevice defaultDeviceWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];
AVCaptureDeviceInput *deviceInput = [AVCaptureDeviceInput deviceInputWithDevice:device error:&error];
require( error == nil, bail );

isUsingFrontFacingCamera = NO;
if ( [session canAddInput:deviceInput] )
    [session addInput:deviceInput];

stillImageOutput = [AVCaptureStillImageOutput new];
[stillImageOutput addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"capturingStillImage" options:NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew context:AVCaptureStillImageIsCapturingStillImageContext];
if ( [session canAddOutput:stillImageOutput] )
    [session addOutput:stillImageOutput];

Answer

djromero picture djromero · May 29, 2012

Add this method to iterate over existing devices checking its position:

- (AVCaptureDevice *)frontCamera {
    NSArray *devices = [AVCaptureDevice devicesWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];
    for (AVCaptureDevice *device in devices) {
        if ([device position] == AVCaptureDevicePositionFront) {
            return device;
        }
    }
    return nil;
}

Then, replace:

AVCaptureDevice *device = [AVCaptureDevice defaultDeviceWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];

with:

AVCaptureDevice *device = [self frontCamera];