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AVFlashlight: Difference between revisions

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|signature=-(BOOL)setFlashlightLevel:(float)level withError:(NSError *)error;
|signature=-(BOOL)setFlashlightLevel:(CGFloat)level withError:(NSError *)error;
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// Make sure you don't have any other AVFlashlight object instantiated
// Make sure you don't have any other AVFlashlight object instantiated, or this flashlight won't be functional.
if ([AVFlashlight hasFlashlight]) {
if ([AVFlashlight hasFlashlight]) {
flashlight = [AVFlashlight new];
flashlight = [AVFlashlight new];
[flashlight setFlashlightLevel:AVCaptureMaxAvailableTorchLevel withError:nil];
[flashlight setFlashlightLevel:1.0f withError:nil];
}
}



Revision as of 12:17, 3 March 2015

AVFlashlight is a private class introduced in iOS 7 for turning the device's LED flash on or off. The example application that uses this class is Control Center in SpringBoard.

Methods

Signature +(BOOL)hasFlashlight;
Available in 7.0 —

The method +[AVFlashlight hasFlashlight] indicates the LED flash availability.

Signature -(BOOL)setFlashlightLevel:(CGFloat)level withError:(NSError *)error;
Available in 7.0 —

The method -[AVFlashlight setFlashlightLevel:withError:] is used for setting the flashlight level.

Example usage

static AVFlashlight *flashlight;

...

// Make sure you don't have any other AVFlashlight object instantiated, or this flashlight won't be functional.
if ([AVFlashlight hasFlashlight]) {
	flashlight = [AVFlashlight new];
	[flashlight setFlashlightLevel:1.0f withError:nil];
}

...

// Do this when you want to turn power/light off the LED flash
[flashlight turnPowerOff];