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Telephoto Lens Keeps Switching to Other Lenses on iPhone 16 Pro Max During PPG (Finger on Camera)
Hi, I’m building a PPG-based heart rate feature where the user places their finger over the rear telephoto camera. On iPhone 16 Pro Max, I'm explicitly selecting the telephoto lens like this: videoDevice = AVCaptureDevice.default(.builtInTelephotoCamera, for: .video, position: .back) And trying to lock it: if #available(iOS 15.0, *), device.activePrimaryConstituentDeviceSwitchingBehavior != .unsupported { try? device.lockForConfiguration() device.setPrimaryConstituentDeviceSwitchingBehavior(.locked, restrictedSwitchingBehaviorConditions: []) device.unlockForConfiguration() } I also lock everything else to prevent dynamic changes: try device.lockForConfiguration() device.focusMode = .locked device.exposureMode = .locked device.whiteBalanceMode = .locked device.videoZoomFactor = 1.0 device.automaticallyEnablesLowLightBoostWhenAvailable = false device.automaticallyAdjustsVideoHDREnabled = false device.unlockForConfiguration() Despite this, the camera still switches to another lens, especially under different lighting, even though the user’s finger fully covers the lens. Questions: How can I completely prevent lens switching in this scenario? Would using videoZoomFactor = 3.0 or 5.0 better enforce use of the telephoto lens? Thanks! Gal
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Prevent iOS from Switching Between Back Camera Lenses in getUserMedia (Safari/WebView, iOS 18)
I’m developing a hybrid app (WebView / Turbo Native) that uses getUserMedia to access the back camera for a PPG/heart rate measurement feature (the user places their finger on the camera). Problem: Even when I specify constraints like: { video: { deviceId: '...', facingMode: { exact: 'environment' }, advanced: [{ zoom: 1.0 }] }, audio: false } On iPhone 15 (iOS 18), iOS unexpectedly switches between the wide, ultra-wide, and telephoto lenses during the measurement. This breaks the heart rate detection, and it forces the user to move their finger in the middle of the measurement. Question: Is there any way, via getUserMedia/WebRTC, to force iOS to use only the wide-angle lens and prevent automatic lens switching? I know that with AVFoundation (Swift) you can pick .builtInWideAngleCamera, but I’m hoping to avoid building a custom native layer and would prefer to stick with WebView/JavaScript if possible to save time and complexity. Any suggestions, workarounds, or updates from Apple would be greatly appreciated! Thanks a lot!
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ios push notification not received after getting out of airplane mode
I'm sending a push notification using Noticed Gem during the night when my phone is in airplane mode. When I wake up and disable the airplane mode, I don't get the push notification. These are the settings: ` def ios_format(apn) apn.custom_payload = { universal_link: url } apn.alert = { title: title(recipient), body: message(recipient) } apn.sound = 'default' apn.priority = '10' # Send immediately, bypassing the end ` default expiration is supposed to be 30 days. How can I debug/fix the problem? (with noticed gem) I checked Apple consoleKIT, and I don't see discarded notifications. Thanks
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