{"id":2646,"date":"2011-08-22T10:56:51","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T05:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aasims.wordpress.com\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2025-04-27T19:20:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T19:20:29","slug":"getting-a-screencapture-of-uiview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aasimnaseem.com\/blog\/getting-a-screencapture-of-uiview\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting a Screen Capture of UIView"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some times you have to capture a portion of you iPhone application programmatically;
\nThe quickest way is to pass the target view to following method and get its screenshot as an UIImage;<\/p>\n

[sourcecode language=”objc”]
\n-(UIImage*)captureFullScreen:(UIView*) targetView{
\n UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(targetView.view.frame.size);
\n [self.view.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
\n UIImage *fullScreenshot = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
\n UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
\n UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(fullScreenshot, nil, nil, nil);
\n return fullScreenshot;
\n}
\n[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/pre>\n
– To capture the whole screen, you don’t need to pass any parameter to this method; instead, use self.view.frame <\/em><\/strong>in the first line.<\/p>\n
– To save the captured image into your device’s album, use\u00a0 the following.<\/p>\n
[sourcecode language=”objc”]<\/p>\n
 UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(fullScreenshot, nil, nil, nil);<\/p>\n
[\/sourcecode]<\/p>\n
HAPPY DEVELOPMENT;<\/p>\n
\"free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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