Shoot from the Lock Screen, Action Button and Shortcuts
The best moments do not wait for you to unlock your iPhone. MeCam can open from the Lock Screen, a button press or a Siri phrase, already in the film you want.
From the Lock Screen
On iOS 18 or later, edit your Lock Screen and add the "MeCam Camera" control. Tap it and the viewfinder opens without unlocking, with your last film, flash and settings. The gallery and Settings stay behind the lock.
Photos go straight to Photos. If MeCam can't add them from the Lock Screen, it keeps them safe and saves them when you next open the app.
Control Center and the Action Button
The same control works in Control Center. On an iPhone with the Action Button, go to Settings → Action Button → Controls and pick MeCam Camera, so one press opens the camera.
To open the app in one film instead, add the "Open MeCam" action in Shortcuts, choose a film, and set that shortcut on the Action Button.
Siri and Shortcuts
Say "Open MeCam", or name a film: "Open MeCam with Neon 500T". Shortcuts also has actions for the photo booth and Film of the day, so a single shortcut can drop you right into them.
Buttons and the Home Screen
The volume buttons take a photo, and so does the Camera Control on iPhone 16 and later, which also picks the film. Touch and hold the MeCam icon to open in one of your first films or straight in the gallery, and add a film widget to the Home Screen to start in that film with one tap.
