I would like to present a live camera view within the MessagesViewController. There are quite a few different camera APIs to choose from, for live preview I picked the below code which works fine in a standard app. (Tested on iOS 10 as well.)
Which API should I be using to present a live camera preview?
I have added the plist item for camera permission message.
Thanks in advance!
-(void)addLiveCamera:(UIView*)camView {
self.cameraCaptureSession = [AVCaptureSession new];
NSArray *availableCameraDevices = [AVCaptureDevice devicesWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];
AVCaptureDevice *backCameraDevice=nil,*frontCameraDevice=nil;
for( AVCaptureDevice *device in availableCameraDevices ) {
if( device.position == AVCaptureDevicePositionBack ) {
backCameraDevice = device;
} else if ( device.position == AVCaptureDevicePositionFront ) {
frontCameraDevice = device;
}
}
NSError *error = nil;
AVCaptureDeviceInput *cameraInput = [AVCaptureDeviceInput deviceInputWithDevice:frontCameraDevice error:&error];
if( [self.cameraCaptureSession canAddInput:cameraInput] ) {
[self.cameraCaptureSession addInput:cameraInput];
AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer *previewLayer = [AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer layerWithSession:self.cameraCaptureSession];
previewLayer.videoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravityResize;
previewLayer.frame = camView.bounds;
[camView.layer addSublayer:previewLayer];
camView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[self.cameraCaptureSession startRunning];
}
}
