Mobile Application Development One of the big features of iOS 5 was the ability to double tap the home button to access the camera on the lock screen. Home screen real estate is precious, and anything I can do to knock an app off of my home screen, because I can easily access it elsewhere, is big for me. So, there went the Camera app, into a folder on my third screen, safely tucked away and hidden forever … or so I thought.
I loved being able to take photos via the lock screen camera button when on a phone call, in particular. Maybe it’s because I have ADD and don’t really pay attention to the few people I do talk to on the phone. Instead, I get distracted by shiny objects and want to take pictures of them while letting the person on the other end talk at me, instead of with me.
So, when I had iOS 5 (before upgrading to 5.1) and was on a phone call, I could simply lock my screen, double tap the home button, and click the camera button: done. Ready to photograph more shiny objects.
Fair warning, though: for you to access the lock screen during a call, you must be using either a headset or be on speakerphone. Which, of course, makes perfect sense, but just in case you’re wondering why every time you press the power button, it just hangs up on the person — that’s why.
But now, with the change to the lock screen camera, that is no longer a possibility. The double tap option is completely gone, and there is no new camera icon on the lock screen to swipe up while on a call. We had the option to access the camera this way before — why does the software update take this away from us?
Can I just go open up my Camera app to take photos like normal people? Yes. But what’s the fun in being normal? I wanted to keep the Camera app tucked away in its folder,Mobile apps Development anyway, so I never had to see its face again. After all, I’m very obsessive about my home screen.
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