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AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayerMBS class

Super class: CALayerMBS

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
class AVFoundation MBS AVFoundation Plugin 13.2 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer is a subclass of CALayer that you use to display video as it is being captured by an input device.

You use the videoGravity property to influence how content is viewed relative to the layer bounds. On some hardware configurations, you can manipulate the orientation of the layer using orientation and mirrored.
Subclass of the CALayerMBS class.

Super class CALayerMBS

Edge constants

Constant Value Description
kCALayerBottomEdge 4 Specifies that the bottom edge of the receiver's content should be antialiased.
kCALayerLeftEdge 1 Specifies that the left edge of the receiver's content should be antialiased.
kCALayerRightEdge 2 Specifies that the right edge of the receiver's content should be antialiased.
kCALayerTopEdge 8 Specifies that the top edge of the receiver's content should be antialiased.

Autoresize Mask Constants

Constant Value Description
kCALayerHeightSizable 16 The receiver's height is flexible.
kCALayerMaxXMargin 4 The left margin between the receiver and its superview is flexible.
kCALayerMaxYMargin 32 The top margin between the receiver and its superview is flexible.
kCALayerMinXMargin 1 The left margin between the receiver and its superview is flexible.
kCALayerMinYMargin 8 The top margin between the receiver and its superview is flexible.
kCALayerNotSizable 0 The receiver cannot be resized.
kCALayerWidthSizable 2 The receiver's width is flexible.

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The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS AVFoundation Plugin, MBS MacCG Plugin.


AVCaptureVideoDataOutputMBS   -   AVCompositionMBS


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