Unable to open selfie mode camera in iPhoneXS

[ahimani123]

I have set all the propertied of the library "enable camera switch", "switch camera" but still I am unable to open the camera through Safari browser in iPhone XS/ iPad Air 2 in selfie mode. the back camera works fine but I am unable to open front camera by switching as well.
I am using ngx-webcam v0.2.2 and Angular 7.2.4. iOS version is 12.2.
The test link "https://basst314.github.io/ngx-webcam/? " works perfectly fine on both these devices.

Very strangely, the same code is working on iphone .

An urgent resolution on this would be of great help.

[basst314]

Hi @ahimani123,
Thanks for using this library.
It looks like your phone and browser both support the necessary apis since you can see the back camera.

Can you see the camera switch icon in the upper right corner of the webcam view?
Also, could you share some more details/code on how you‘re using the webcam component in your app?

Thanks!

[ahimani123]

Hi

Camera switch icon is visible however, it is not working for iOS 12.2
The code is exactly same as demo code shared by you.
we observed a strange behaviour though:

1. I launch my web application on mobile Safari browser on iPhone/ iPad with iOS 12.2
2. go to the page requiring camera launch
3. It asks for "Camera permissions" I clicked on "Allow"
4. I logged out of my web app and am redirected to login page
5. without changing the browser window, I login again
6. this time on the camera launch page, the camera switch icon works as expected and because it is the same browser window, i am not asked for permission again

Can you help resolve this with above behaviour?
Is there any way that by default I can open front camera in iOS 12.2 with Angular 7?

[basst314]

Thanks for all the details!
Wow, I just checked with my iPhone XS on iOS12.2 and I can reproduce the issue even on the demo page. For me, after asking for permissions the first time, it always shows the selfie-cam, but I can‘t switch to the back cam with the toggle icon. The camera preview flashes briefly (tries to switch to back cam) but then lands on the selfie cam again.

I‘ll definitely look into it, maybe the browser API throws an exception.

I‘ll look into it and see what I can find out.

[basst314]

Hi @ahimani123,

I just released a new version of this library (0.2.4) which fixes this issue.

Cheers!