Camera issue(third party) in iOS 18.4.1

I have been using iPhone for a long time and after updating to iOS 18 I have been facing so many bugs and issues apart from battery drain. At this moment, I am facing a huge problem with my iPhone whenever I use my banking app here in Nepal to pay my bill through QR Scanner the third-party app doesn’t open the camera but the camera app works fine. But if i restart my phone it works normally for a while and it won’t work until I again reboot my device. iPhone 13 Pro Max 256Gb

iPhone 13 Pro Max

Posted on Apr 27, 2025 04:08 AM

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Posted on May 2, 2025 04:10 PM

For any developers finding this, we had a lingering call to `CameraViewController.viewWillDisapear(false)` that was causing issues. Once we pulled that we had no problems.


Issue did not present when running in a debug build, only release.

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May 6, 2025 07:40 AM in response to azonX

Many of the 3rd party apps need to be updated to address the failures of their software. Changes to the camera systems that Apple made have caused their apps to have compatibility issues. It’s the developers responsibility to make their apps compliant with the iOS and hardware.


Banking apps in particular that rely on the camera have been affected by the changes. I don’t believe the camera will operate in Split View, scanning of QR codes etc. has changed certain features, disabling the scanner in some apps or forcing workarounds until such time as the app is updated to support the camera.


Rebooting will temporarily fix some issues, deleting the app and installing a new copy works on some issues as well.

May 6, 2025 07:27 AM in response to rnzy2003

I am facing the exact problem on my 15 pro since IOS 18.4.1.

The problem only occurs on third party app. I have had the problem on :


  • Bereal : Photo and video not working (blank screen).
  • Revolut and Revolut pro : I was not able to use the identity card scanner since it uses the camera service.
  • Identity service : The most annoying one, I need to scan a QR code to access my contry's services, this also does not work.
  • Google lens : I get an error "The camera is not available. Exit Split View to enable camera.".



This seems to be a IOS problem as this problem appeared after the update + is not appearing on every iphone.

A quick fix for me is to reboot my phone, but this only help short term as I need to do this everyday for Bereal and my contry identity service.

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