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I'm having some issues trying to use the camera. The problem is that some devices show me the Camera entry under settings, and some others don't. In those devices where the Camera switch doesn't appear, I'm not able to use the camera, since it doesn't have permissions, and it also doesn't appear under settings to enable them.

This is how it looks on a device that works:

And this is how it looks in devices that doesn't work.

When I took those screenshots, the application should've asked for permissions already, but it didn't.

I also verified that those devices doesn't have Restrictions enabled.

Any ideas?

UPDATE 1: Added code

This is the code I'm using to show the camera (it's under a custom view, not the native camera view controller)

self.captureSession = [[AVCaptureSession alloc] init];
AVCaptureDevice *videoCaptureDevice = [AVCaptureDevice defaultDeviceWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];
NSError *error = nil;
AVCaptureDeviceInput *videoInput = [AVCaptureDeviceInput deviceInputWithDevice:videoCaptureDevice error:&error];
if(videoInput)

 [self.captureSession addInput:videoInput];

else

 NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);


AVCaptureMetadataOutput *metadataOutput = [[AVCaptureMetadataOutput alloc] init];
[self.captureSession addOutput:metadataOutput];
[metadataOutput setMetadataObjectsDelegate:self
 queue:dispatch_get_main_queue()];
[metadataOutput setMetadataObjectTypes:@[AVMetadataObjectTypeCode39Code, AVMetadataObjectTypeQRCode]];

AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer *previewLayer = [[AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer alloc] initWithSession:self.captureSession];
previewLayer.frame = self.view.layer.bounds;
UIView * previewView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.frame];
[previewView.layer addSublayer:previewLayer];
[self.view addSubview:previewView];
[self.view sendSubviewToBack:previewView];

[self.captureSession startRunning];

You need to request permission before opening a session. Use

[AVCaptureDevice requestAccessForMediaType:completionHandler:]

Step 1: Give a proper camera message access message on your info.plist using the following key (without quotes)

"Privacy - Camera Usage Description"

Step 2 : For objective-C/SWIFT you need to request a camera access permission

OBJECTIVE-C

[AVCaptureDevice requestAccessForMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo completionHandler:^(BOOL granted)
 
 if (granted == true)
 
 //[self presentViewController : picker animated:YES completion:NULL];
 //Do your stuff

 
 else
 
 UIAlertView *cameraAlert = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:STR_APPLICATION_TITLE
 message:STR_ALERT_CAMERA_DENIED_MESSAGE
 delegate:self
 cancelButtonTitle:@"OK"
 otherButtonTitles:nil,nil];
 [cameraAlert show];

 NSLog(@"denied");
 

 ];

SWIFT

AVCaptureDevice.requestAccessForMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo, completionHandler: (videoGranted: Bool) -> Void in
 if (videoGranted) 
 //Do Your stuff here

 else 
 // Rejected Camera
 
 )

I had the same problem until I changed my camera type to wide:

 let deviceDiscoverySession = AVCaptureDevice.DiscoverySession(deviceTypes: [.builtInWideAngleCamera], mediaType: AVMediaType.video, position: .back)