Type 'AVCaptureDevice' has no member 'defaultDevice'

Question

Working on a QR code reader. I am new to programming so this might be an easy fix. The error is "Type 'AVCaptureDevice' has no member 'defaultDevice'" Thanks for the help in advance!

 //Creating session
    let session = AVCaptureSession()
    //Define capture device
    let captureDevice = AVCaptureDevice.defaultDevice(withMediaType: AVMediaTypeVideo)

    do
    {
        let input = try AVCaptureDeviceInput(device: captureDevice)
        session.addInput(input)
    }

check this : https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfoundation/avcapturedevice/1386589-default — 3stud1ant3, Oct 26 '17 at 02:57

score 27 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 26 '17 at 03:02

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You are using the old Swift 2 API. The line:

let captureDevice = AVCaptureDevice.defaultDevice(withMediaType: AVMediaTypeVideo)

should be:

let captureDevice = AVCaptureDevice.default(for: .video)

answered Oct 26 '17 at 03:02

rmaddy

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 12 '20 at 19:23

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This is swift 3.0

let captureDevice = AVCaptureDevice.defaultDevice(withMediaType: AVMediaTypeVideo)

In swift 4.1

AVCaptureDevice.default(for: AVMediaType.video)
{
   let input = AVCaptureDeviceInput(device: captureDevice)
   session.addInput(input)
}

I hope this will help you

edited Sep 12 '20 at 19:23

Bill the Lizard

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answered Apr 14 '18 at 07:08

Raja Usman

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Type 'AVCaptureDevice' has no member 'defaultDevice'

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