How to use AVCapturePhotoOutput

Question

I have been working on using a custom camera, and I recently upgraded to Xcode 8 beta along with Swift 3. I originally had this:

var stillImageOutput: AVCapt         


        

Answer 1

Updated to Swift 4 Hi it's really easy to use AVCapturePhotoOutput.

You need the AVCapturePhotoCaptureDelegate which returns the CMSampleBuffer.

You can get as well a preview image if you tell the AVCapturePhotoSettings the previewFormat

    class CameraCaptureOutput: NSObject, AVCapturePhotoCaptureDelegate {

        let cameraOutput = AVCapturePhotoOutput()

        func capturePhoto() {

          let settings = AVCapturePhotoSettings()
          let previewPixelType = settings.availablePreviewPhotoPixelFormatTypes.first!
          let previewFormat = [kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey as String: previewPixelType,
                               kCVPixelBufferWidthKey as String: 160,
                               kCVPixelBufferHeightKey as String: 160]
          settings.previewPhotoFormat = previewFormat
          self.cameraOutput.capturePhoto(with: settings, delegate: self)

        }

func photoOutput(_ output: AVCapturePhotoOutput, didFinishProcessingPhoto photoSampleBuffer: CMSampleBuffer?, previewPhoto previewPhotoSampleBuffer: CMSampleBuffer?, resolvedSettings: AVCaptureResolvedPhotoSettings, bracketSettings: AVCaptureBracketedStillImageSettings?, error: Error?) {                        
            if let error = error {
                print(error.localizedDescription)
            }

            if let sampleBuffer = photoSampleBuffer, let previewBuffer = previewPhotoSampleBuffer, let dataImage = AVCapturePhotoOutput.jpegPhotoDataRepresentation(forJPEGSampleBuffer: sampleBuffer, previewPhotoSampleBuffer: previewBuffer) {
              print("image: \(UIImage(data: dataImage)?.size)") // Your Image
            }   
        }
    }

For more information visit https://developer.apple.com/reference/AVFoundation/AVCapturePhotoOutput

Note: You have to add the AVCapturePhotoOutput to the AVCaptureSession before taking the picture. So something like: session.addOutput(output), and then: output.capturePhoto(with:settings, delegate:self) Thanks @BigHeadCreations