ios - How to get the front camera in Swift?

Question

I am trying to get the front camera with live view. I am able to get the back camera using:

var backCamera = AVCaptureDevice.defaultDeviceWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo)

But I can't seem to find how to get the front camera. How can I change the code above to use the front camera?

Answer 1

Here is a working example from one of my projects to get the front camera. This is in objective-c but proven to work and easy enough to convert to swift.

NSArray *videoDevices = [AVCaptureDevice devicesWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];
AVCaptureDevice *captureDevice = nil;

for (AVCaptureDevice *device in videoDevices){

    if (device.position == AVCaptureDevicePositionFront){

        captureDevice = device;
        break;
    }
}

And in Swift 3.2+:

if let videoDevices = AVCaptureDevice.devices(withMediaType: AVMediaTypeVideo) {
    var captureDevice: AVCaptureDevice
    for device in videoDevices {
        if let device = device as? AVCaptureDevice {
            if device.position == AVCaptureDevicePosition.front {
                captureDevice = device
                break
            }
        }
    }
}