iOS taking photo programmatically

Question

I know this is possible, saw this in some apps (iGotYa is I believe the most famous). I know how to set up everything for taking photos, saving it and everything. But how ca

Answer 1

Here is the code for Objective -C Custom Camera. You can add features, buttons according to your wish.

#import "CustomCameraVC.h"

@interface CustomCameraVC ()  {
    BOOL frontCamera;
}
@property (strong,nonatomic) AVCaptureSession *captureSession;
@property (strong,nonatomic) AVCaptureStillImageOutput *stillImageOutput;
@property (strong,nonatomic) AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer *videoPreviewLayer;
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIView *viewCamera;


@end

@implementation CustomCameraVC

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];        
}

-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated  {
    [super viewWillAppear:YES];
    frontCamera = NO;
    [self showCameraWithFrontCamera:frontCamera];

}

-(void)showCameraWithFrontCamera:(BOOL)flag {
    self.captureSession = [[AVCaptureSession alloc]init];
    self.captureSession.sessionPreset = AVCaptureSessionPresetPhoto;
    AVCaptureDevice *captureDevice;
    if(flag)  {
      captureDevice= [self frontCamera];
    }
    else {
      captureDevice= [AVCaptureDevice defaultDeviceWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];
    }
    NSError *error = nil;
    AVCaptureDeviceInput *input =   [AVCaptureDeviceInput deviceInputWithDevice:captureDevice error:&error];

    [self.captureSession addInput:input];
    self.stillImageOutput = [AVCaptureStillImageOutput new];
    self.stillImageOutput.outputSettings = @{AVVideoCodecKey:AVVideoCodecJPEG};
    [self.captureSession addOutput:_stillImageOutput];
    self.videoPreviewLayer = [[AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer alloc] initWithSession:self.captureSession];

    self.videoPreviewLayer.videoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravityResizeAspectFill;
    self.videoPreviewLayer.connection.videoOrientation = AVCaptureVideoOrientationPortrait;
    [self.viewCamera.layer addSublayer:self.videoPreviewLayer];
    [self.captureSession startRunning];
    self.videoPreviewLayer.frame = self.viewCamera.bounds;
}


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


- (IBAction)btnCaptureImagePressed:(id)sender {

     AVCaptureConnection * videoConnection =  [_stillImageOutput connectionWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];

    [_stillImageOutput captureStillImageAsynchronouslyFromConnection:videoConnection completionHandler:^(CMSampleBufferRef  _Nullable sampleBuffer, NSError * _Nullable error) {
       NSData *imageData =  [AVCaptureStillImageOutput jpegStillImageNSDataRepresentation:sampleBuffer];
        UIImage *image = [[UIImage alloc]initWithData: imageData];
        UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(image, nil, nil, nil);
    }];

}

@end