UIImagePickerController startVideoCapture with native controls? - ios

Question

I'm using Phonegap's implementation to use the video capture and can't seem to get startVideoCapture to work. I'm a novice when it comes to Objective C, so I apologize if I'm off base here. Sounds like startVideoCapture is mainly for custom UI's. Is there something I can do to auto start the video recording (since I'm starting the video interface from another action). Here's a link to the full file:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-media-capture/blob/master/src/ios/CDVCapture.m
Thanks,
Steve
- (void)captureVideo:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command
{
NSString* callbackId = command.callbackId;
NSDictionary* options = [command.arguments objectAtIndex:0];
NSLog(#"hereeeee");
if ([options isKindOfClass:[NSNull class]]) {
options = [NSDictionary dictionary];
}
// options could contain limit, duration and mode
// taking more than one video (limit) is only supported if provide own controls via cameraOverlayView property
NSNumber* duration = [options objectForKey:#"duration"];
NSString* mediaType = nil;
if ([UIImagePickerController isSourceTypeAvailable:UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera]) {
// there is a camera, it is available, make sure it can do movies
pickerController = [[CDVImagePicker alloc] init];
NSArray* types = nil;
if ([UIImagePickerController respondsToSelector:#selector(availableMediaTypesForSourceType:)]) {
types = [UIImagePickerController availableMediaTypesForSourceType:UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera];
// NSLog(#"MediaTypes: %#", [types description]);
if ([types containsObject:(NSString*)kUTTypeMovie]) {
mediaType = (NSString*)kUTTypeMovie;
} else if ([types containsObject:(NSString*)kUTTypeVideo]) {
mediaType = (NSString*)kUTTypeVideo;
}
}
}
if (!mediaType) {
// don't have video camera return error
NSLog(#"Capture.captureVideo: video mode not available.");
CDVPluginResult* result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_ERROR messageToErrorObject:CAPTURE_NOT_SUPPORTED];
[self.commandDelegate sendPluginResult:result callbackId:callbackId];
pickerController = nil;
} else {
pickerController.delegate = self;
pickerController.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
pickerController.cameraDevice = UIImagePickerControllerCameraDeviceFront;
pickerController.allowsEditing = NO;
// iOS 3.0
pickerController.mediaTypes = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:mediaType, nil];
if ([mediaType isEqualToString:(NSString*)kUTTypeMovie]) {
if (duration) {
pickerController.videoMaximumDuration = [duration doubleValue];
}
// NSLog(#"pickerController.videoMaximumDuration = %f", pickerController.videoMaximumDuration);
}
// iOS 4.0
if ([pickerController respondsToSelector:#selector(cameraCaptureMode)]) {
pickerController.cameraCaptureMode = UIImagePickerControllerCameraCaptureModeVideo;
// pickerController.videoQuality = UIImagePickerControllerQualityTypeHigh;
// pickerController.cameraDevice = UIImagePickerControllerCameraDeviceRear;
// pickerController.cameraFlashMode = UIImagePickerControllerCameraFlashModeAuto;
}
// CDVImagePicker specific property
pickerController.callbackId = callbackId;
SEL selector = NSSelectorFromString(#"presentViewController:animated:completion:");
if ([self.viewController respondsToSelector:selector]) {
[self.viewController presentViewController:pickerController animated:YES completion:nil];
} else {
// deprecated as of iOS >= 6.0
[self.viewController presentModalViewController:pickerController animated:YES];
}
// Auto start capture
[pickerController startVideoCapture];
}
}

Answer 1

My problem wasn't the use of startVideoRecording, it was when:
[self.viewController presentViewController:pickerController animated:YES completion:^(){
[pickerController startVideoCapture];
}];
Hope this helps someone else.
Thanks,
Steve