My code works fine for normal devices but creates blurry images on retina devices.
Does anybody know a solution for my issue?
+ (UIImage *) imageWithView:(UIView *)view
{
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(view.bounds.size);
[view.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
UIImage * img = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
return img;
}
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Swift 2.0:
Using extension method:
extension UIImage{
class func renderUIViewToImage(viewToBeRendered:UIView?) -> UIImage
{
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions((viewToBeRendered?.bounds.size)!, false, 0.0)
viewToBeRendered!.drawViewHierarchyInRect(viewToBeRendered!.bounds, afterScreenUpdates: true)
viewToBeRendered!.layer.renderInContext(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!)
let finalImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
return finalImage
}
}
Usage:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
//Sample View To Self.view
let sampleView = UIView(frame: CGRectMake(100,100,200,200))
sampleView.backgroundColor = UIColor(patternImage: UIImage(named: "ic_120x120")!)
self.view.addSubview(sampleView)
//ImageView With Image
let sampleImageView = UIImageView(frame: CGRectMake(100,400,200,200))
//sampleView is rendered to sampleImage
var sampleImage = UIImage.renderUIViewToImage(sampleView)
sampleImageView.image = sampleImage
self.view.addSubview(sampleImageView)
}
The Swift 3 solution (based on Dima's answer) with UIView extension should be like this:
extension UIView {
public func getSnapshotImage() -> UIImage {
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.bounds.size, self.isOpaque, 0)
self.drawHierarchy(in: self.bounds, afterScreenUpdates: false)
let snapshotImage: UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
return snapshotImage
}
}
Here's a Swift 4 UIView extension based on the answer from @Dima.
extension UIView {
func snapshotImage() -> UIImage? {
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(bounds.size, isOpaque, 0)
drawHierarchy(in: bounds, afterScreenUpdates: false)
let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
return image
}
}
Some times drawRect Method makes problem so I got these answers more appropriate. You too may have a look on it Capture UIImage of UIView stuck in DrawRect method
The currently accepted answer is now out of date, at least if you are supporting iOS 7.
Here is what you should be using if you are only supporting iOS7+:
+ (UIImage *) imageWithView:(UIView *)view
{
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(view.bounds.size, view.opaque, 0.0f);
[view drawViewHierarchyInRect:view.bounds afterScreenUpdates:NO];
UIImage * snapshotImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
return snapshotImage;
}
Swift 4:
func imageWithView(view: UIView) -> UIImage? {
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(view.bounds.size, view.isOpaque, 0.0)
defer { UIGraphicsEndImageContext() }
view.drawHierarchy(in: view.bounds, afterScreenUpdates: true)
return UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
}
As per this article, you can see that the new iOS7 method drawViewHierarchyInRect:afterScreenUpdates:
is many times faster than renderInContext:
.
In this method just pass a view object and it will returns a UIImage object.
-(UIImage*)getUIImageFromView:(UIView*)yourView
{
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(yourView.bounds.size);
[yourView.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
return image;
}
extension UIView {
func getSnapshotImage() -> UIImage {
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(bounds.size, isOpaque, 0)
drawHierarchy(in: bounds, afterScreenUpdates: false)
let snapshotImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
return snapshotImage
}
}
Drop-in Swift 3.0 extension that supports the new iOS 10.0 API & the previous method.
Note:
!
which could cause a crash.extension UIView
{
public func renderToImage(afterScreenUpdates: Bool = false) -> UIImage?
{
if #available(iOS 10.0, *)
{
let rendererFormat = UIGraphicsImageRendererFormat.default()
rendererFormat.scale = self.layer.contentsScale
rendererFormat.opaque = self.isOpaque
let renderer = UIGraphicsImageRenderer(size: self.bounds.size, format: rendererFormat)
return
renderer.image
{
_ in
self.drawHierarchy(in: self.bounds, afterScreenUpdates: afterScreenUpdates)
}
}
else
{
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.bounds.size, self.isOpaque, self.layer.contentsScale)
defer
{
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
}
self.drawHierarchy(in: self.bounds, afterScreenUpdates: afterScreenUpdates)
return UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
}
}
}
Add this to method to UIView Category
- (UIImage*) capture {
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(self.bounds.size);
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
[self.layer renderInContext:context];
UIImage *img = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
return img;
}
For Swift 5.1 you can use this extension:
extension UIView {
func asImage() -> UIImage {
let renderer = UIGraphicsImageRenderer(bounds: bounds)
return renderer.image {
rendererContext in
layer.render(in: rendererContext.cgContext)
}
}
}
To improve answers by @Tommy and @Dima, use the following category to render UIView into UIImage with transparent background and without loss of quality. Working on iOS7. (Or just reuse that method in implementation, replacing self
reference with your image)
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
@interface UIView (RenderToImage)
- (UIImage *)imageByRenderingView;
@end
#import "UIView+RenderViewToImage.h"
@implementation UIView (RenderViewToImage)
- (UIImage *)imageByRenderingView
{
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.bounds.size, NO, 0.0);
[self drawViewHierarchyInRect:self.bounds afterScreenUpdates:YES];
UIImage * snapshotImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
return snapshotImage;
}
@end
All Swift 3 answers did not worked for me so I have translated the most accepted answer:
extension UIImage {
class func imageWithView(view: UIView) -> UIImage {
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(view.bounds.size, view.isOpaque, 0.0)
view.layer.render(in: UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!)
let img: UIImage? = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
return img!
}
}
public extension UIView {
@available(iOS 10.0, *)
public func renderToImage(afterScreenUpdates: Bool = false) -> UIImage {
let rendererFormat = UIGraphicsImageRendererFormat.default()
rendererFormat.opaque = isOpaque
let renderer = UIGraphicsImageRenderer(size: bounds.size, format: rendererFormat)
let snapshotImage = renderer.image { _ in
drawHierarchy(in: bounds, afterScreenUpdates: afterScreenUpdates)
}
return snapshotImage
}
}
UIGraphicsImageRenderer
is a relatively new API, introduced in iOS 10. You construct a UIGraphicsImageRenderer by specifying a point size. The image method takes a closure argument and returns a bitmap that results from executing the passed closure. In this case, the result is the original image scaled down to draw within the specified bounds.
https://nshipster.com/image-resizing/
So be sure the size you are passing into UIGraphicsImageRenderer
is points, not pixels.
If your images are larger than you are expecting, you need to divide your size by the scale factor.
I have created a Swift extension based on @Dima solution:
extension UIImage {
class func imageWithView(view: UIView) -> UIImage {
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(view.bounds.size, view.opaque, 0.0)
view.drawViewHierarchyInRect(view.bounds, afterScreenUpdates: true)
let img = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
return img
}
}
EDIT: Swift 4 improved version
extension UIImage {
class func imageWithView(_ view: UIView) -> UIImage {
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(view.bounds.size, view.isOpaque, 0)
defer { UIGraphicsEndImageContext() }
view.drawHierarchy(in: view.bounds, afterScreenUpdates: true)
return UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext() ?? UIImage()
}
}
Usage:
let view = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 100))
let image = UIImage.imageWithView(view)
- (UIImage*)screenshotForView:(UIView *)view
{
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(view.bounds.size);
[view.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
// hack, helps w/ our colors when blurring
NSData *imageData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(image, 1); // convert to jpeg
image = [UIImage imageWithData:imageData];
return image;
}
Source: Stackoverflow.com