Multitasking Camera Access Entitlement took very long times to response

Question

I am developing chat/video call app, then I want to camera continue to running when app in background.

Then I send request to get Multitasking Camera Access Entitlement

After request, i got the mail response:

Dear Developer,

Your request to use the Multitasking Camera Access Entitlement has been received. We'll review your information and contact you soon with a status update.

Best regards,
Multitasking Camera Access Requests Team

But I never get the accepted, even I request 3 times, first times from 1 years ago.

Does someone meet same problem?

Answer 1

Switching to a minimum deployment target of iOS 16 should get around the problem. That is because the requirements have been removed according to https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfoundation/capture_setup/accessing_the_camera_while_multitasking

The documentation is not completely accurate because it only works for iPads with Stage Manager available.

Here is an example app:

import Foundation
import AVKit

/// Camera Permission Check
/// Requires iPad with Stage Manager Support
/// e.g. iPad Pro (11-inch) 4th generation with iOS 16.1
///
/// Containing app must have iOS deployment target 16.0
class CameraPermissionCheck {
    
    let captureSession = AVCaptureSession()
    init() {
        // Configure the capture session.
        captureSession.beginConfiguration()
        if captureSession.isMultitaskingCameraAccessSupported {
            // Enable using the camera in multitasking modes.
            captureSession.isMultitaskingCameraAccessEnabled = true
            print("MultiTasking Camera Access Enabled")
        }
        captureSession.commitConfiguration()

        // Start the capture session.
        DispatchQueue.global().async {
            self.captureSession.startRunning()
        }
    }
}

It will print out MultiTasking Camera Access Enabled to the console.