iPhone AVFoundation camera orientation

Question

I\'ve been tearing my hair out trying to get the AVFoundation camera to capture a picture in the correct orientation (i.e. the device orientation) but I can\'t get it to wor

Answer 1

The following is from AVCam, I added too it:

- (void)deviceOrientationDidChange{

    UIDeviceOrientation deviceOrientation = [[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation];

    AVCaptureVideoOrientation newOrientation;

    if (deviceOrientation == UIDeviceOrientationPortrait){
        NSLog(@"deviceOrientationDidChange - Portrait");
        newOrientation = AVCaptureVideoOrientationPortrait;
    }
    else if (deviceOrientation == UIDeviceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown){
        NSLog(@"deviceOrientationDidChange - UpsideDown");
        newOrientation = AVCaptureVideoOrientationPortraitUpsideDown;
    }

    // AVCapture and UIDevice have opposite meanings for landscape left and right (AVCapture orientation is the same as UIInterfaceOrientation)
    else if (deviceOrientation == UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeLeft){
        NSLog(@"deviceOrientationDidChange - LandscapeLeft");
        newOrientation = AVCaptureVideoOrientationLandscapeRight;
    }
    else if (deviceOrientation == UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeRight){
        NSLog(@"deviceOrientationDidChange - LandscapeRight");
        newOrientation = AVCaptureVideoOrientationLandscapeLeft;
    }

    else if (deviceOrientation == UIDeviceOrientationUnknown){
        NSLog(@"deviceOrientationDidChange - Unknown ");
        newOrientation = AVCaptureVideoOrientationPortrait;
    }

    else{
        NSLog(@"deviceOrientationDidChange - Face Up or Down");
        newOrientation = AVCaptureVideoOrientationPortrait;
    }

    [self setOrientation:newOrientation];
}

And be sure to add this to your init method:

NSNotificationCenter *notificationCenter = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
[[UIDevice currentDevice] beginGeneratingDeviceOrientationNotifications];
[notificationCenter addObserver:self
    selector:@selector(deviceOrientationDidChange) 
    name:UIDeviceOrientationDidChangeNotification object:nil];
[self setOrientation:AVCaptureVideoOrientationPortrait];