Has anyone been able to get the iPhone 5's new low light boost mode to work in their custom camera app? I tried the following code, but noticed no difference - whereas the native camera app significantly boosted the brightness.
if ([[captureManager backFacingCamera] isLowLightBoostEnabled]) {
[[captureManager backFacingCamera] automaticallyEnablesLowLightBoostWhenAvailable];
}
You need to lockForConfiguration
, according to the docs (well, the header file):
if ([[self backFacingCamera] respondsToSelector:@selector(isLowLightBoostSupported)]) {
if ([[self backFacingCamera] lockForConfiguration:nil]) {
if ([self backFacingCamera].isLowLightBoostSupported)
[self backFacingCamera].automaticallyEnablesLowLightBoostWhenAvailable = YES;
[[self backFacingCamera] unlockForConfiguration];
}
}
Also, isLowLightBoostEnabled
tells you whether or not the low light is actually being boosted, not whether it can be. That's the isLowLightBoostSupported
selector, as above (to which only iOS 6 devices respond).