Question

is it possible to remove the little rotate icon in the UIImagePickerController that switches between the front & back cameras? This is for an app that won’t goto the Apple Store, and it’s only on one device. Anything i can do? I see that i can do this, but it removes the record button as well.

cameraUI.showsCameraControls = NO;

Answer 1

Unfortunately not, there is no direct way to turn off 1 particular camera control.

What you could do, is to do the following:

// Create a view that recreates the camera control functions you need.
// Your view will need to be able to set the following properties on camera UI
// cameraCaptureMode, cameraFlashMode (NOT cameraDevice, which is the control you want to disappear)

UIView* customOverlay = [..way to create your custom overlay..];
cameraUI.showsCameraControls = NO;
cameraUI.cameraOverlayView = customOverlay;

If you need to know how to create a custom overlay, it may be worth raising as another question.