AVCaptureDevice Camera Zoom

Question

I have a simple AVCaptureSession running to get a camera feed in my app and take photos. How can I implement the \'pinch to zoom\' functionality using a UIGestureRecognize

Answer 1

based on @Gabriel Cartier 's answer :

- (void) cameraZoomWithPinchVelocity: (CGFloat)velocity {
    CGFloat pinchVelocityDividerFactor = 40.0f;
    if (velocity < 0) {
        pinchVelocityDividerFactor = 5.; //zoom in
    }

    if (_videoInput) {
        if([[_videoInput device] position] == AVCaptureDevicePositionBack) {
            NSError *error = nil;
            if ([[_videoInput device] lockForConfiguration:&error]) {
                CGFloat desiredZoomFactor = [_videoInput device].videoZoomFactor + atan2f(velocity, pinchVelocityDividerFactor);
                // Check if desiredZoomFactor fits required range from 1.0 to activeFormat.videoMaxZoomFactor
                CGFloat maxFactor = MIN(10, [_videoInput device].activeFormat.videoMaxZoomFactor);
                [_videoInput device].videoZoomFactor = MAX(1.0, MIN(desiredZoomFactor, maxFactor));
                [[_videoInput device] unlockForConfiguration];
            } else {
                NSLog(@"cameraZoomWithPinchVelocity error: %@", error);
            }
        }
    }
}