UIImage from a UIView created with snapshotViewAfterScreenUpdates:

Question

Is it possible to get a UIImage from a UIView created with snapshotViewAfterScreenUpdates?

A UIView returned from snapshotViewAfterScreenUpdates<

Answer 1

The answer seems to be NO and Apple's documentation implicitly confirms this:

If you want to apply a graphical effect, such as blur, to a snapshot, use the drawViewHierarchyInRect:afterScreenUpdates: method instead.

It's worth noting that the Implementing Engaging UI on iOS session from WWDC13 lists snapshotViewAfterScreenUpdates as the fastest method, but uses drawViewHierarchyInRect in the example code.