iOS 8 Snapshotting a view that has not been render

Question

In iOS 8 I am having problem capturing images from camera till now I am using this code for

UIImagePickerController *controller=[[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
controller.videoQuality=UIImagePickerControllerQualityTypeMedium;
controller.delegate=(id)self;
controller.sourceType=UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];

But in iOS 8 I am getting this:

Snapshotting a view that has not been rendered results in an empty snapshot. Ensure your view has been rendered at least once before snapshotting or snapshot after screen updates.

I have tried with the solution provided by This Post with

@property (strong,nonatomic)UIImagePickerController *controller;

_controller=[[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
_controller.videoQuality=UIImagePickerControllerQualityTypeMedium;
_controller.delegate=(id)self;
_controller.sourceType=UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
_[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];

and this

...
controller.modalPresentationStyle=UIModalPresentationFullScreen;
or
controller.modalPresentationStyle=UIModalPresentationCurrentContext;
...

and this

double delayInSeconds = 0.1;
dispatch_time_t popTime = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, delayInSeconds * NSEC_PER_SEC);
dispatch_after(popTime, dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void){
    [self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
});

and this

[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:NULL];

and this

[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:^{

}];

any idea?

Answer 1

Calling this method worked for me. Place it after presenting your view.

[yourViewBeingPresented.view layoutIfNeeded];

Answer 2

I had this with an UIAlertControllerStyleActionSheet giving the user the option to take a photo with the camera or use one from library.

I tried a symbolic breakpoint on the error message

That showed me the error is produced by the intern use of a UICollectionView during presentation

[self presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];

I fixed this by explixitly setting the frame before presenting

[alert setPreferredContentSize: alert.view.frame.size];

Here is the complete methode that is working without the error

-(void)showImageSourceAlertFromSender:(id)sender{
UIButton *senderButton = (UIButton*)sender;
UIAlertController *alert = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:nil message:nil preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleActionSheet];
UIAlertAction *cameraAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@"Camera" style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
                                                     handler:^(UIAlertAction *action) {
                                                         [self takePhoto];
                                                     }];
UIAlertAction *libraryAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@"Library" style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
                                                      handler:^(UIAlertAction *action) {
                                                          [self selectPhotoFromLibraryFromSender:sender];
                                                      }];
[alert addAction:cameraAction];
[alert addAction:libraryAction];
alert.popoverPresentationController.delegate = self;
alert.popoverPresentationController.sourceRect = senderButton.frame;
alert.popoverPresentationController.sourceView = self.view;

[alert setPreferredContentSize: alert.view.frame.size];

[self presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:^(){
}];}