IOS 10 - Objective-C: How to implement AVCapturePhotoOutput () to capture images and videos?

Question

I'm trying to implement image and video capture from my application, and now with iOS 10 onwards, "AVCaptureStillImageOutput" is deprecated.

Please help me implement AVCapturePhotoOutput in Objective-C.

Here is my sample code:

_avCaptureOutput = [[AVCapturePhotoOutput alloc]init];
_avSettings = [AVCapturePhotoSettings photoSettings];


AVCaptureSession* captureSession = [[AVCaptureSession alloc] init];
[captureSession startRunning];



AVCaptureConnection *connection = [self.movieOutput connectionWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];

if (connection.active)
{
    //connection is active
    NSLog(@"Connection is active");

    id previewPixelType = _avSettings.availablePreviewPhotoPixelFormatTypes.firstObject;
    NSDictionary *format = @{(NSString*)kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey:previewPixelType,(NSString*)kCVPixelBufferWidthKey:@160,(NSString*)kCVPixelBufferHeightKey:@160};

    _avSettings.previewPhotoFormat = format;

    [_avCaptureOutput capturePhotoWithSettings:_avSettings delegate:self];


}
else
{
    NSLog(@"Connection is not active");
    //connection is not active
    //try to change self.captureSession.sessionPreset,
    //or change videoDevice.activeFormat
}

Answer 1

_avCaptureOutput = [[AVCapturePhotoOutput alloc]init];
_avSettings = [AVCapturePhotoSettings photoSettings];

AVCaptureSession* captureSession = [[AVCaptureSession alloc] init];
[captureSession startRunning];

[self.avCaptureOutput capturePhotoWithSettings:self.avSettings delegate:self];

Independently must implement AVCapturePhotoCaptureDelegate

#pragma mark - AVCapturePhotoCaptureDelegate
-(void)captureOutput:(AVCapturePhotoOutput *)captureOutput didFinishProcessingPhotoSampleBuffer:(CMSampleBufferRef)photoSampleBuffer previewPhotoSampleBuffer:(CMSampleBufferRef)previewPhotoSampleBuffer resolvedSettings:(AVCaptureResolvedPhotoSettings *)resolvedSettings bracketSettings:(AVCaptureBracketedStillImageSettings *)bracketSettings error:(NSError *)error
{
    if (error) {
        NSLog(@"error : %@", error.localizedDescription);
    }

    if (photoSampleBuffer) {
        NSData *data = [AVCapturePhotoOutput JPEGPhotoDataRepresentationForJPEGSampleBuffer:photoSampleBuffer previewPhotoSampleBuffer:previewPhotoSampleBuffer];
        UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithData:data];
    }
}

Now you get the image and do whatever you want.

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. iOS 11, -captureOutput:didFinishProcessingPhotoSampleBuffer:... , -captureOutput:didFinishProcessingPhoto:error: :

- (void)captureOutput:(AVCapturePhotoOutput *)output didFinishProcessingPhoto:(AVCapturePhoto *)photo error:(nullable NSError *)error
{  
  NSData *imageData = [photo fileDataRepresentation];
  UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithData:data];
  ...
}