Detect existence of camera in iPhone app?

Question

I\'m writing an iOS app, and I need to be able to detect if the device has a camera. Previously, I would check if the device is an iPhone or not, since only the iPhone has a

Answer 1

If you need to know whether the device specifically has a front or rear camera, use this:

isCameraAvailable = [UIImagePickerController isCameraDeviceAvailable:UIImagePickerControllerCameraDeviceFront];

Answer 2

To check of camera is available (Swift)

if(!UIImagePickerController.isSourceTypeAvailable(UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.Camera))

Answer 3

Swift:

if UIImagePickerController.isSourceTypeAvailable(.Camera){

    //Your code goes here
    //For example you can print available media types:

    print(UIImagePickerController.availableMediaTypesForSourceType(.Camera))

    }

Answer 4

You can use +isSourceTypeAvailable: method in UIImagePickerController:

if ([UIImagePickerController isSourceTypeAvailable: UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera])
   // Has camera

Answer 5

Yes, there is an API provided to do just that:

BOOL isCamera = [UIImagePickerController isSourceTypeAvailable:UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera];

Answer 6

You can check for availability of a specific source type using discovery session (Swift 5):

let discovery = AVCaptureDevice.DiscoverySession.init(deviceTypes: [.builtInWideAngleCamera], mediaType: AVMediaType.video, position: .back)
let isWideAngleCameraSupported = !discovery.devices.isEmpty