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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-129152

Camera flash not working on iOS

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • P2: Important
    • None
    • 6.8.0
    • Multimedia
    • None
    • iPhone 15, iOS 18
    • iOS/tvOS/watchOS
    • Multimedia, weeks 11-12, Multimedia, weeks 13-14, Multimedia, weeks 15-16

    Description

      When trying to use declarative-camera with FFmpeg backend on IOS, flash is never shown as supported, the controls for modifying flash do not appear. In the FFmpeg backend source code, the values for flash-support are never updated. This feature was previously supported on the iOS native Darwin backend, and is also supported on our Android build.

      Steps to reproduce:

      1. Use an iOS device with a physical flash, such as an iPhone or an iPad Pro.
      2. Open declarative-camera on iOS, make sure to use FFmpeg backend.
      3. Look at the camera preview, the relevant button controls are not there.

      What do you expect to happen:
      I expect the declarative-camera example to show the flash controls, like they do on Android. I expect the torch button to turn on the flash constantly like it does on Android. I expect the flash-button to enable auto-flashing when I do a photo capture, like it does on Android.

      What actually happens:
      When I run through the steps, the associated controls are not there.

      Other notes:
      If we modify the file 'qtmultimedia/src/plugins/ffmpeg/qavfcamera.mm', line 150, to include the lines

      if (active)
              updateCameraConfiguration();
      

      Then the values for whether flash mode is supported will be updated in backend. This will allow the controls to show up, but the flash-functionality still doesn't work even if you try to do a camera capture. I suspect we're not setting the correct values in AVCaptureDevice when flash-mode is set. There's also the option of migrating our existing AVCaptureStillImageOutput code (deprecated API) to the newer AVPhotoCaptureOutput API.

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