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+ (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;

anthonycastelli

// Huge thanks to @stroughtonsmith for discovering this

CALayer *navBar = [CALayer layer];
[navBar setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blueColor] CGColor];
[navBar setFrame:CGRectMake(0, -20, 320, 64)]; // Navigation Bars are 44 points and the statusbar is 20 points
[navBar setOpacity:0.70];

[self.navigationController.navigationBar.layer insertSublayer:navBar atIndex:1];