ancainu/srcameraview

Simple class for taking pictures in iOS apps without having to use UIImagePickerController.

SRCameraView

Written for the iOS 8.0 SDK, but supports deployment to iOS 7.1. There is no explicit support for iOS 6 or earlier, but it may work.

How To Install

1. Create an iOS project in Xcode.
2. Add the following frameworks:

• CoreGraphics (if it isn't already)
• AVFoundation
• CoreVideo
• CoreMedia

3. Add all the files in the source/ directory to your project. Put the headers (.h) and Objective-C source (.m) in whatever group you want. Put the images (.png) in the Supporting Files group.

How to Use

1. Import SRCameraView.h in the source for whatever view controller will be managing the camera view.
2. Detect for the presence of a camera (if you haven't already).
3. Create an instance of SRCameraView using -initWithFrame:
4. Set the resizing mask and whatever other properties you want (background color, etc.).
5. Add your SRCameraView instance to your view controller's view.
6. Call -start to begin the live preview.
7. Call -takePhotoWithCompletionBlock: when you want to take a picture. The live preview will be paused, a photo will be taken, and your provided completion block will be called on the main thread.
8. Set the paused property to NO after taking a picture when you're ready to un-pause the live preview.
9. Call -stop when you're ready to get rid of the SRCameraView (such as in your view controller's viewDidUnload method).

See the CameraTest example app.

Licensed under MIT license.