I have a UIView that has several UIImageViews as subviews. Each of these subviews has had different affine transform applied. I would like to take what amounts to a screen capture of my UIView, capturing it as a UIImage, or some other image representation.
The method I have tried already, rendering the layers to a CGContext with:
[view.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
doesn't preserve the positioning or other affine transformations of my subviews.
I would really appreciate a kick in the right direction.
Try this:
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(self.view.frame.size);
[self.view.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
Here's a Swift 2.x version:
// This flattens <allViews> into single UIImage
func flattenViews(allViews: [UIView]) -> UIImage? {
// Return nil if <allViews> empty
if (allViews.isEmpty) {
return nil
}
// If here, compose image out of views in <allViews>
// Create graphics context
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.size, false, UIScreen.mainScreen().scale)
let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
CGContextSetInterpolationQuality(context, CGInterpolationQuality.High)
// Draw each view into context
for curView in allViews {
curView.drawViewHierarchyInRect(curView.frame, afterScreenUpdates: false)
}
// Extract image & end context
let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
// Return image
return image
}