iOS Screenshot part of the screen

Question

I have an App that takes a screenshot of a UIImageView with the following code:

-(IBAction) screenShot: (id) sender{

 UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(sshot.fram         


        

Answer 1

From this

UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(sshot.frame.size);
CGContextRef c = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGContextTranslateCTM(c, 150, 150);    // <-- shift everything up to required position when drawing.
[self.view.layer renderInContext:c];
UIImage* viewImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(viewImage, nil, nil, nil);

Answer 2

If you like you can refer this code.

In this example you can get the image covered by the rect from any position and any zoom scale.

Happy Coding :)

Some extracted code for reference is as below

Main function or code used to crop the photo

- (UIImage *) croppedPhoto
{
    CGFloat ox = self.scrollView.contentOffset.x;
    CGFloat oy = self.scrollView.contentOffset.y;
    CGFloat zoomScale = self.scrollView.zoomScale;
    CGFloat cx = (ox + self.cropRectangleButton.frame.origin.x + 15.0f) * 2.0f / zoomScale;
    CGFloat cy = (oy + self.cropRectangleButton.frame.origin.y + 15.0f) * 2.0f / zoomScale;
    CGFloat cw = 300.0f / zoomScale;
    CGFloat ch = 300.0f / zoomScale;
    CGRect cropRect = CGRectMake(cx, cy, cw, ch);

    NSLog(@"---------- cropRect: %@", NSStringFromCGRect(cropRect));
    NSLog(@"--- self.photo.size: %@", NSStringFromCGSize(self.photo.size));

    CGImageRef imageRef = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect([self.photo CGImage], cropRect);
    UIImage *result = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:imageRef];
    CGImageRelease(imageRef);

    NSLog(@"------- result.size: %@", NSStringFromCGSize(result.size));

    return result;
}

The details how to use the example is given here.

Enjoy Coding :)

Answer 3

Use this method to crop if u have image with specfic rect to crop:

-(UIImage *)cropImage:(UIImage *)image rect:(CGRect)cropRect
{
   CGImageRef imageRef = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect([image CGImage], cropRect);
   UIImage *img = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:imageRef]; 
   CGImageRelease(imageRef);
   return img;
}

Use like this:

UIImage *img = [self cropImage:viewImage rect:CGRectMake(150,150,100,100)]; //example

Answer 4

Well the screenshot is taken from a canvas you draw. So instead of drawing your layer in the whole context, with a reference to top left corner, you will draw it where you want to take the screenshot....

//first we will make an UIImage from your view
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(self.view.bounds.size);
[self.view.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
UIImage *sourceImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

//now we will position the image, X/Y away from top left corner to get the portion we want
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(sshot.frame.size);
[sourceImage drawAtPoint:CGPointMake(-50, -100)];
UIImage *croppedImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(croppedImage,nil, nil, nil);