iOS Face Detection Issue

Question

I am trying to use CoreImage\'s face detection in iOS 5 but it is not detecting anything. I am trying to detect faces in an image that was just captured by the camera using thi

Answer 1

None of the answers above worked for me (ios 8.4) ipad mini & ipad air 2

I had the same observation as robwormald. Face detection worked when iPad was rotated, so I rotated the ciImage :)

let ciImage = CIImage(CVPixelBuffer: pixelBuffer, options: attachments)
let angle = CGFloat(-M_PI/2)
let rotatedImage = ciImage.imageByApplyingTransform(CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(angle))