Bug 248054 – [Cocoa] Use AVCaptureDeviceDiscoverySession for camera discovery

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: FIXED
• Component: WebRTC

[Eric Carlson]

Use AVCaptureDeviceDiscoverySession for camera discovery instead of AVCaptureDevice

[Eric Carlson]

rdar://101919809

[Eric Carlson]

Pull request: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/6604

[EWS]

Committed 256849@main (460662e8590c): <https://commits.webkit.org/256849@main>

Reviewed commits have been landed. Closing PR #6604 and removing active labels.

[WebKit Commit Bot]

Re-opened since this is blocked by bug 248245

[Eric Carlson]

Pull request: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/6872

[EWS]

Committed 257094@main (358c50c87d32): <https://commits.webkit.org/257094@main>

Reviewed commits have been landed. Closing PR #6872 and removing active labels.

[Eric Carlson]

*** Bug 247737 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Mo]

Could you verify if this change will allow access to other back cameras than just the default (wide-angle) on multi-camera iOS devices?

For example these devices:
- builtInDualWideCamera: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfoundation/avcapturedevice/devicetype/3377620-builtindualwidecamera
- https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfoundation/avcapturedevice/devicetype/3377622-builtinultrawidecamera

[Eric Carlson]

(In reply to Mo from comment #8)
> Could you verify if this change will allow access to other back cameras than
> just the default (wide-angle) on multi-camera iOS devices?
> 
> For example these devices:
> - builtInDualWideCamera:
> https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfoundation/avcapturedevice/
> devicetype/3377620-builtindualwidecamera
> -
> https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfoundation/avcapturedevice/
> devicetype/3377622-builtinultrawidecamera

This change exposes each of the physical cameras on a iOS device, which includes the ultra-wide angle camera on devices that have one.

It does not expose the built-in "dual wide" or "triple wide" virtual cameras that automatically switch between physical cameras when zoom factor, light level, and focus position allow.

[Mo]

Thank you very much, this is invaluable to us!

Would you know if support for iOS virtual cameras is planned for a future release?

[Eric Carlson]

(In reply to Mo from comment #10)
> Thank you very much, this is invaluable to us!
> 
> Would you know if support for iOS virtual cameras is planned for a future
> release?

Yes, we are planning to investigate adding support for the virtual cameras.

[Eric Carlson]

(In reply to Eric Carlson from comment #11)
> (In reply to Mo from comment #10)
> > Thank you very much, this is invaluable to us!
> > 
> > Would you know if support for iOS virtual cameras is planned for a future
> > release?
> 
> Yes, we are planning to investigate adding support for the virtual cameras.

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=250142

[Ahmad Saleem]

*** Bug 248106 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***