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Alfie Miller
2,266 PointsDoes anyone know about the NSCameraUsageDescription key with a string value explaining to user how app uses this data???
I am trying to code for an app to access the iPhone camera, all code is successful when building but when running on device, it crashes due to trying to access data without usage description? Not sure how to code for this so if anyone knows it would be very much appreciated. Here is my code so far:
class ViewController: UIViewController, UINavigationControllerDelegate, UIImagePickerControllerDelegate { let imagePicker = UIImagePickerController() @IBOutlet weak var imageViewer: UIImageView!
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
if UIImagePickerController.isCameraDeviceAvailable( UIImagePickerControllerCameraDevice.front) {
imagePicker.delegate = self
imagePicker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.camera
present(imagePicker, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
func imagePickerController(picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingImage image: UIImage!, editingInfo: [NSObject : AnyObject]!) {
dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
imageViewer.image = image
}
}
1 Answer
Garrett Votaw
iOS Development Techdegree Graduate 15,223 PointsHey Alfie,
That usage description can be added in the info.plist file. When you go to that file you can hit the + button and then add the "Privacy - Camera Usage" key. Make sure to add a description so that your users know why you are requesting access
Happy Coding!