Create a UIImage from a UIView

UIView+UIImageCreation.m

@interface UIView (UIImageCreation)

- (UIImage *)createImageFromRect:(CGRect)frame;
- (UIImage *)createImage;

@end

@implementation UIView (UIImageCreation)

- (UIImage *)createImageFromRect:(CGRect)frame
{
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(frame.size);
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

    CGPoint origin = [self bounds].origin;
    CGPoint offset = frame.origin;

    CGContextTranslateCTM(context, origin.x - offset.x, origin.y - offset.y);

    [[self layer] renderInContext:context];

    UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return image;
}

- (UIImage *)createImage
{
    return [self createImageFromRect:[self bounds]];
}

@end