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Center Stage front camera:
Focuses on Center Stage.
Photos & Camera / 17:44
Support the Center Stage front camera in your iOS app
Photos & Cameraios
Key Points
- Covers an iOS camera app with Center Stage using AVCapture APIs with the front camera on iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air.
- Covers how APIs enable zoom and rotate options, for more flexible ways to frame selfies and videos and to automatically get everyone in a group shot.
- And Explains how to stabilize the video for real-time video conferencing.
- The session moves through Center Stage front camera, Center Stage for photos, Capture session setup, Dynamic aspect ratio, Smart framing monitor, Sensor orientation compensation, and related wrap-up guidance.
- Key concepts include Center Stage, AVCapture, FaceTime, AVCaptureDevice, AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer, DiscoverySession, iOS 26, AVCaptureSmartFramingMonitor.
- Platform coverage: ios.
Condensed Flow
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Center Stage for photos:
Focuses on Center Stage, AVCaptureDevice, DiscoverySession.
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Capture session setup:
Focuses on Center Stage, AVCaptureDevice, AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer.
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Dynamic aspect ratio:
Focuses on Center Stage, AVCaptureDevice, DiscoverySession.
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Smart framing monitor:
Focuses on iOS 26, AVCaptureDevice, AVCaptureSmartFramingMonitor.
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Sensor orientation compensation:
Focuses on EXIF, AVCapturePhotoOutput.
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Center Stage for video recordings:
Focuses on Center Stage, AVCaptureMovieFileOutput, AVCapturePhotoOutput, AVCaptureVideoDataOutput.
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Center Stage for video calls:
Focuses on Center Stage.
More Detail
Additional details
- Detailed flow: Center Stage front camera -> Center Stage for photos -> Capture session setup -> Dynamic aspect ratio -> Smart framing monitor -> Sensor orientation compensation -> Center Stage for video recordings -> Center Stage for video calls.
- APIs and concepts to recognize: Center Stage, AVCapture, FaceTime, AVCaptureDevice, AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer, DiscoverySession, iOS 26, AVCaptureSmartFramingMonitor, EXIF, AVCapturePhotoOutput, AVCaptureMovieFileOutput, AVCaptureVideoDataOutput.
- Version and support notes focus on Center Stage, iOS 26, CompensationEnabled, AVCaptureDevice, AVCaptureSmartFramingMonitor.
- Implementation focus: AVCapturePhotoOutput.