Record video in iOS app without leaving app - ios

Question

PhoneGap offers a plug-in for recording video, but this plug-in seems to force users to leave the app for the Camera app in order to record video.
Is it possible to initiate and stop video recording without leaving the app?
The two methods below are the primary methods we are using (rest of plug-in is viewable from the link above) to capture video. How should we modify this to allow recording from the front camera, without leaving the app, when the user taps a button?
Can anyone provide guidance please? Thanks.
Capture.m:
- (void)captureVideo:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command
{
NSString* callbackId = command.callbackId;
NSDictionary* options = [command.arguments objectAtIndex:0];
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.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];
}
}
}
- (CDVPluginResult*)processVideo:(NSString*)moviePath forCallbackId:(NSString*)callbackId
{
// save the movie to photo album (only avail as of iOS 3.1)
/* don't need, it should automatically get saved
NSLog(#"can save %#: %d ?", moviePath, UIVideoAtPathIsCompatibleWithSavedPhotosAlbum(moviePath));
if (&UIVideoAtPathIsCompatibleWithSavedPhotosAlbum != NULL && UIVideoAtPathIsCompatibleWithSavedPhotosAlbum(moviePath) == YES) {
NSLog(#"try to save movie");
UISaveVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum(moviePath, nil, nil, nil);
NSLog(#"finished saving movie");
}*/
// create MediaFile object
NSDictionary* fileDict = [self getMediaDictionaryFromPath:moviePath ofType:nil];
NSArray* fileArray = [NSArray arrayWithObject:fileDict];
return [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsArray:fileArray];
}