How do I use AVCaptureFlashMode

Question

I'm making an app to allow me to stitch images together into a panoramic scene. I want to be able to turn the Flash LED on the iPhone 4 programatically.

How can I do this?

I read the documentation and discovered that I need to use AVCaptureFlashMode

but I can't figure out how 2 use it?

any help would be appreciated.

Updated Code below. Thanks SIF!

NSError* error = nil;
    NSLog(@"Setting up LED");

    if([captDevice hasTorch] == NO)
    {
        NSLog(@"Error: This device doesnt have a torch");
    }
    if([captDevice isTorchModeSupported:AVCaptureTorchModeOn] == NO)
    {
        NSLog(@"Error: This device doesnt support AVCaptureTorchModeOn");
    }

    AVCaptureSession* captureSession = [[AVCaptureSession alloc] init];
    AVCaptureDeviceInput* videoInput = [[AVCaptureDeviceInput alloc] initWithDevice:captDevice error:&error];
    AVCaptureVideoDataOutput* videoOutput = [[AVCaptureVideoDataOutput alloc] init];

    if (videoInput && videoOutput) 
    {
        [captureSession addInput:videoInput];
        [captureSession addOutput:videoOutput];
        if([captDevice lockForConfiguration:&error])
        {
            if (flag == YES) {
                captDevice.torchMode = AVCaptureTorchModeOn;
            } else {
                captDevice.torchMode = AVCaptureTorchModeOff;
            }           
            [captDevice unlockForConfiguration];
        }
        else 
        {
            NSLog(@"Could not lock device for config error: %@", error);
        }
        [captureSession startRunning];
    }
    else 
    {
        NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
    }

How do you turn it off?

Please see my answer here for future reference on how to toggle on/off: stackoverflow.com/questions/3190034/… — iwasrobbed

slf slf · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-08T13:31:44

AVCaptureDevice* d = nil;

// find a device by position
NSArray* allDevices = [AVCaptureDevice devices];
for (AVCaptureDevice* currentDevice in allDevices) {
  if (currentDevice.position == AVCaptureDevicePositionBack) {
    d = currentDevice;
  }
}

// at this point, d may still be nil, assuming we found something we like....

NSError* err = nil;
BOOL lockAcquired = [d lockForConfiguration:&err];

if (!lockAcquired) {
   // log err and handle...
} else {
   // flip on the flash mode
   if ([d hasFlash] && [d isFlashModeSupported:AVCaptureFlashModeOn] ) {
      [d setFlashMode:AVCaptureFlashModeOn];
   }

   [d unlockForConfiguration];
}

How do I use AVCaptureFlashMode

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