How to get front camera, back camera and audio with AVCaptureDeviceDiscoverySession

Question

Before iOS 10 came out I was using the following code to get the video and audio capture for my video recorder:

 for device in AVCaptureDevice.devices()
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Answer 1

example: iOS 11 Swift 4

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    // Get the back-facing camera for capturing videos

    // AVCaptureDevice.default(.builtInWideAngleCamera, for: AVMediaType.video, position: .back)
    let deviceDiscoverySession = AVCaptureDevice.default(.builtInWideAngleCamera, for: AVMediaType.video, position: .back)

   guard let captureDevice = deviceDiscoverySession else {
       print("Failed to get the camera device")
       return
   }

    do {
        // Get an instance of the AVCaptureDeviceInput class using the previous device object.
        let input = try AVCaptureDeviceInput(device: captureDevice)

        // Set the input device on the capture session.
        captureSession.addInput(input)

    } catch {
        // If any error occurs, simply print it out and don't continue any more.
        print(error)
        return
    }

    // Initialize the video preview layer and add it as a sublayer to the viewPreview view's layer.
    videoPreviewLayer = AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer(session: captureSession)
    videoPreviewLayer?.videoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravity.resizeAspectFill
    videoPreviewLayer?.frame = view.layer.bounds
    view.layer.addSublayer(videoPreviewLayer!)

    // Start video capture.
    captureSession.startRunning()