How to capture current view screenshot and reuse in code? (iPhone SDK)

Question

I am attemting to transition from one UIView to another, when the user rotates the device. This, in of itself, is not difficult. However, since I am displaying completely di

Answer 1

- (UIImage *)captureView:(UIView *)view {
    CGRect screenRect = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(screenRect.size);

    CGContextRef ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    [[UIColor blackColor] set];
    CGContextFillRect(ctx, screenRect);

    [view.layer renderInContext:ctx];

    UIImage *newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();

    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return newImage;
}

Found this here :

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8358740