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Created October 14, 2013 02:01
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Snapshotting on iOS
+ (UIImage *)snapshotView:(UIView *)view {
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(view.frame.size, NO, [[UIScreen mainScreen] scale]); //0
[view drawViewHierarchyInRect:view.frame afterScreenUpdates:YES];
UIImage *snapshot = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
return snapshot;
}
+ (UIImage *)snapshot {
CGSize imageSize = CGSizeZero;
UIInterfaceOrientation orientation = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation];
if (UIInterfaceOrientationIsPortrait(orientation)) {
imageSize = [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size;
} else {
imageSize = CGSizeMake([UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.height, [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.width);
}
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(imageSize, NO, [[UIScreen mainScreen] scale]);
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
for (UIWindow *window in [[UIApplication sharedApplication] windows]) {
CGContextSaveGState(context);
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, window.center.x, window.center.y);
CGContextConcatCTM(context, window.transform);
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, -window.bounds.size.width * window.layer.anchorPoint.x, -window.bounds.size.height * window.layer.anchorPoint.y);
if (orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft) {
CGContextRotateCTM(context, M_PI_2);
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0, -imageSize.width);
} else if (orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight) {
CGContextRotateCTM(context, -M_PI_2);
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, -imageSize.height, 0);
} else if (orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown) {
CGContextRotateCTM(context, M_PI);
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, -imageSize.width, -imageSize.height);
}
if ([window respondsToSelector:@selector(drawViewHierarchyInRect:afterScreenUpdates:)]) {
[window drawViewHierarchyInRect:window.bounds afterScreenUpdates:YES];
} else {
[window.layer renderInContext:context];
}
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
}
UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
return image;
}
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