Set Camera Focus On Tap Point With Swift

Question

The API for using the camera in swift seems a but different and I am having a hard time focusing the camera on a point. When the user taps the screen I want the camera to focus on that point

This is my code:

 func focusCamera(point:CGPoint)
    {
        var screenRect:CGRect = bounds
        var focusX = Float(point.x/screenRect.width)
        var focusY = Float(point.y/screenRect.height)

        _currentDevice.lockForConfiguration(nil)
        _currentDevice.setFocusModeLockedWithLensPosition(focusX)
        {
            time in
            self._currentDevice.unlockForConfiguration()
        }

        _currentDevice.setFocusModeLockedWithLensPosition(focusY)
        {
                time in
                self._currentDevice.unlockForConfiguration()
        }
    }

But it doesnt seem to work.

Any suggestions are more than welcome!

Answer 1

I used AVFoundation library and a wrapper that Camera Manager. I am sharing to code sample. You can adapt your project. By the way, you cannot focus the camera using front-camera. It doesn't support it. You can only adjust exposure for front-camera. By rare-camera, you can do it.

override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {

    let screenSize = cameraView.bounds.size
    let frameSize:CGSize = view.frame.size
    if let touchPoint = touches.first {

        var location:CGPoint = touchPoint.locationInView(cameraView)

        if cameraManager.cameraDevice == .Front {
            print("Front camera is used")

            location.x = frameSize.width - location.x;
        }
        else {
            print("Back camera is used")
        }

        let x = location.x / frameSize.width
        let y = 1.0 - (location.x / frameSize.width)

        let focusPoint = CGPoint(x: x, y: y)

        print("POINT : X: \(x), Y: \(y)")


        let captureDevice = (AVCaptureDevice.devicesWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo) as! [AVCaptureDevice]).filter{$0.position == .Back}.first

        if let device = captureDevice {
            do {
                try device.lockForConfiguration()

                let support:Bool = device.focusPointOfInterestSupported

                if support  {

                    print("focusPointOfInterestSupported: \(support)")

                    device.focusPointOfInterest = focusPoint

                    // device.focusMode = .ContinuousAutoFocus
                    device.focusMode = .AutoFocus
                    // device.focusMode = .Locked

                    device.unlockForConfiguration()

                    print("Focus point was set successfully")
                }
                else{
                    print("focusPointOfInterestSupported is not supported: \(support)")
                }
            }
            catch {
                // just ignore
                print("Focus point error")
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

Updated answer from @ryantxr for Swift 3:

override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
        let screenSize = videoView.bounds.size
        if let touchPoint = touches.first {
            let x = touchPoint.location(in: videoView).y / screenSize.height
            let y = 1.0 - touchPoint.location(in: videoView).x / screenSize.width
            let focusPoint = CGPoint(x: x, y: y)

            if let device = captureDevice {
                do {
                    try device.lockForConfiguration()

                    device.focusPointOfInterest = focusPoint
                    //device.focusMode = .continuousAutoFocus
                    device.focusMode = .autoFocus
                    //device.focusMode = .locked
                    device.exposurePointOfInterest = focusPoint
                    device.exposureMode = AVCaptureExposureMode.continuousAutoExposure
                    device.unlockForConfiguration()
                }
                catch {
                    // just ignore
                }
            }
        }
    }