Programmatically create image from UILabel

Question

I want to use a UILabel to create an RGBA stream of bytes image representation programmatically (at runtime).

For example, I want to create a UILabel in a specific

Answer 1

This should work:

UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(yourLabel.bounds.size);
[yourLabel.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
CGImageRef viewImage = [UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext() CGImage];
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext() returns an instance of UIImage.