title: How do I use the AVFoundation framework to take a picture with the iPhone camera?
body: <p>I need the iOS camera to take a picture without any input from the user. How would I go about doing this? This is my code so far:</p>
  
  <pre><code>-(void)initCapture{
      AVCaptureDeviceInput *newVideoInput = [[AVCaptureDeviceInput alloc] init];
  
      AVCaptureStillImageOutput *newStillImageOutput = [[AVCaptureStillImageOutput alloc] init];
  
      NSDictionary *outputSettings = [[NSDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                  AVVideoCodecJPEG, AVVideoCodecKey,
                                  nil];
  
  
      [newStillImageOutput setOutputSettings:outputSettings];
  
  
      AVCaptureSession *newCaptureSession = [[AVCaptureSession alloc] init];
  
      if ([newCaptureSession canAddInput:newVideoInput]) {
          [newCaptureSession addInput:newVideoInput];
      }
      if ([newCaptureSession canAddOutput:newStillImageOutput]) {
          [newCaptureSession addOutput:newStillImageOutput];
      }
      self.stillImageOutput = newStillImageOutput;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What else do I need to add and where do I go from here? I don't want to take a video, only a single still image. Also, how would I convert the image into a UIImage afterwards? Thanks</p>