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

Swift 4, iOS 10+ and Xcode 10.1 replaces

if let cameraID = AVCaptureDevice.default(.builtInWideAngleCamera, for: .video, position: .front)?.localizedName {
       //cameraID = "Front Camera"
}

with AVCaptureDevice.DiscoverySession implementation

if let cameraID = AVCaptureDevice.DiscoverySession.init(deviceTypes: [AVCaptureDevice.DeviceType.builtInWideAngleCamera], mediaType: .video, position: .front).devices.first?.localizedName{
        //cameraID = "Front Camera"
} 

Need to wrap it with #available(iOS 10,*) check.

Answer 2

Simplified:

func getCamera(with position: AVCaptureDevice.Position) -> AVCaptureDevice? {
    let deviceDescoverySession = AVCaptureDevice.DiscoverySession(deviceTypes: [.builtInDualCamera], mediaType: .video, position: .unspecified)
    return deviceDescoverySession.devices.first(where: { $0.position == position })
}

// and you can use like that:

guard let device = getCamera(with: .back) else { return }

Answer 3

05/2019 :

 //video
        self.session = AVCaptureSession()
        guard
            let videoDeviceInput = try? AVCaptureDeviceInput(device: device!),
            self.session!.canAddInput(videoDeviceInput)
            else { return }
        self.session!.addInput(videoDeviceInput)

  //audio
        guard
            let audioDeviceInput = try? AVCaptureDeviceInput(device: mic!),
            self.session!.canAddInput(audioDeviceInput)
            else { return }
        self.session!.addInput(audioDeviceInput) 

Answer 4

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()

Answer 5

You can get the front camera with the following:

AVCaptureDevice.default(.builtInWideAngleCamera, for: AVMediaType.video, position: .front)

The back camera:

AVCaptureDevice.default(.builtInWideAngleCamera, for: AVMediaType.video, position: .back)

And the microphone:

AVCaptureDevice.default(.builtInMicrophone, for: AVMediaType.audio, position: .unspecified)