Switch cameras with avcapturesession

Question

Using this tutorial here: http://www.musicalgeometry.com/?p=1297 I have created a custom overlay and image capture with AVCaptureSession.

I am attemptin

Answer 1

Swift 4/5

@IBAction func switchCameraTapped(sender: Any) {
    //Change camera source
    if let session = captureSession {
        //Remove existing input
        guard let currentCameraInput: AVCaptureInput = session.inputs.first else {
            return
        }

        //Indicate that some changes will be made to the session
        session.beginConfiguration()
        session.removeInput(currentCameraInput)

        //Get new input
        var newCamera: AVCaptureDevice! = nil
        if let input = currentCameraInput as? AVCaptureDeviceInput {
            if (input.device.position == .back) {
                newCamera = cameraWithPosition(position: .front)
            } else {
                newCamera = cameraWithPosition(position: .back)
            }
        }

        //Add input to session
        var err: NSError?
        var newVideoInput: AVCaptureDeviceInput!
        do {
            newVideoInput = try AVCaptureDeviceInput(device: newCamera)
        } catch let err1 as NSError {
            err = err1
            newVideoInput = nil
        }

        if newVideoInput == nil || err != nil {
            print("Error creating capture device input: \(err?.localizedDescription)")
        } else {
            session.addInput(newVideoInput)
        }

        //Commit all the configuration changes at once
        session.commitConfiguration()
    }
}

// Find a camera with the specified AVCaptureDevicePosition, returning nil if one is not found
func cameraWithPosition(position: AVCaptureDevice.Position) -> AVCaptureDevice? {
    let discoverySession = AVCaptureDevice.DiscoverySession(deviceTypes: [.builtInWideAngleCamera], mediaType: AVMediaType.video, position: .unspecified)
    for device in discoverySession.devices {
        if device.position == position {
            return device
        }
    }

    return nil
}

Swift 3 Edit (Combined with François-Julien Alcaraz answer):

@IBAction func switchCameraTapped(sender: Any) {
    //Change camera source
    if let session = captureSession {
        //Indicate that some changes will be made to the session
        session.beginConfiguration()

        //Remove existing input
        guard let currentCameraInput: AVCaptureInput = session.inputs.first as? AVCaptureInput else {
            return
        }

        session.removeInput(currentCameraInput)

        //Get new input
        var newCamera: AVCaptureDevice! = nil
        if let input = currentCameraInput as? AVCaptureDeviceInput {
            if (input.device.position == .back) {
                newCamera = cameraWithPosition(position: .front)
            } else {
                newCamera = cameraWithPosition(position: .back)
            }
        }

        //Add input to session
        var err: NSError?
        var newVideoInput: AVCaptureDeviceInput!
        do {
            newVideoInput = try AVCaptureDeviceInput(device: newCamera)
        } catch let err1 as NSError {
            err = err1
            newVideoInput = nil
        }

        if newVideoInput == nil || err != nil {
            print("Error creating capture device input: \(err?.localizedDescription)")
        } else {
            session.addInput(newVideoInput)
        }

        //Commit all the configuration changes at once
        session.commitConfiguration()
    }
}

// Find a camera with the specified AVCaptureDevicePosition, returning nil if one is not found
func cameraWithPosition(position: AVCaptureDevicePosition) -> AVCaptureDevice? {
    if let discoverySession = AVCaptureDeviceDiscoverySession(deviceTypes: [.builtInWideAngleCamera], mediaType: AVMediaTypeVideo, position: .unspecified) {
        for device in discoverySession.devices {
            if device.position == position {
                return device
            }
        }
    }

    return nil
}

Swift version to @NES_4Life's answer:

@IBAction func switchCameraTapped(sender: AnyObject) {
    //Change camera source
    if let session = captureSession {
        //Indicate that some changes will be made to the session
        session.beginConfiguration()

        //Remove existing input
        let currentCameraInput:AVCaptureInput = session.inputs.first as! AVCaptureInput
        session.removeInput(currentCameraInput)

        //Get new input
        var newCamera:AVCaptureDevice! = nil
        if let input = currentCameraInput as? AVCaptureDeviceInput {
            if (input.device.position == .Back)
            {
                newCamera = cameraWithPosition(.Front)
            }
            else
            {
                newCamera = cameraWithPosition(.Back)
            }
        }

        //Add input to session
        var err: NSError?
        var newVideoInput: AVCaptureDeviceInput!
        do {
            newVideoInput = try AVCaptureDeviceInput(device: newCamera)
        } catch let err1 as NSError {
            err = err1
            newVideoInput = nil
        }

        if(newVideoInput == nil || err != nil)
        {
            print("Error creating capture device input: \(err!.localizedDescription)")
        }
        else
        {
            session.addInput(newVideoInput)
        }

        //Commit all the configuration changes at once
        session.commitConfiguration()
    }
}

// Find a camera with the specified AVCaptureDevicePosition, returning nil if one is not found
func cameraWithPosition(position: AVCaptureDevicePosition) -> AVCaptureDevice?
{
    let devices = AVCaptureDevice.devicesWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo)
    for device in devices {
        let device = device as! AVCaptureDevice
        if device.position == position {
            return device
        }
    }

    return nil
}