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I am working on a basic camera app. I have made the video part and photo part, and I now need to integrate. Should I integrate them both into the same class/file? Or should I spread them out into two separate VCs (ViewControllers)?

How would that work exactly?

The easiest way of doing this (and the way I did it) is to build out the camera functionality and then the video capturing functionality in 2 separate classes. Once you do this you will find that many required protocols and functions will overlap. From this point it is quite simple, all you have to do is copy paste from the video class into the photo. The photo has more components to it that's why you should start there. For example: setupDevice() and setupInputOutput() should overlap. So in conclusion: yes I recommend integrating into one class and setting up 2 extensions: one for the AVFoundation Video protocols and the same for Photo.

Quick tips: set up a photoOutput and movieOutput, furthermore the capture session and previewLayer should work for both and thus there should only be one of each. I as well built my cam in Snapchat-esque fashion.

Tell me if you need extra guidance.

if  UIImagePickerController.isSourceTypeAvailable(UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.camera) {

        let img = UIImagePickerController()

        img.delegate = self

        img.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.camera;

        img.mediaTypes = [kUTTypeImage as String]; //whatever u want type

        img.allowsEditing = true

        rootNavigationController?.present(img, animated: true, completion: nil)

    }

You can use UIImagePickerController for both videos and images.

lazy var picker: UIImagePickerController = {

    let pickerView = UIImagePickerController()

    pickerView.mediaTypes = [kUTTypeMovie as String, kUTTypeImage as String]

    pickerView.sourceType = .camera

    pickerView.videoQuality = .type640x480

    return pickerView

}()

I have done the below:
- Record video and save it to Album. Also send it to the server.
- Capture photo and send it to the server.