Thursday, July 5, 2012

Alternative way to replace UIGetScreenImage()

CGImageRef screen = UIGetScreenImage();

The above code is one line of code to capture the screen, but Apple does not open the above API UIGetScreenImage() for the public app. i.e. fail to upload to Apple for approval. So the alternative way to capture screen and save it are listed as below.

- (void)captureAndSaveImage
{    
    
    // Capture screen here... and cut the appropriate size for saving and uploading
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(self.view.bounds.size);
    [self.view.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
    UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
   
    // crop the area you want 
    CGRect rect;
    rect = CGRectMake(0, 10, 300, 300);    // whatever you want
    CGImageRef imageRef = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect([image CGImage], rect);
    UIImage *img = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:imageRef]; 
    CGImageRelease(imageRef);
    UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(img, self, @selector(image:didFinishSavingWithError:contextInfo:), nil);
    imageView.image = img; // show cropped image on the ImageView     
}

// this is option to alert the image saving status
- (void)image:(UIImage *)image didFinishSavingWithError:(NSError *)error contextInfo:(void *)contextInfo
{
    UIAlertView *alert;
    
    // Unable to save the image  
    if (error)
        alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Error" 
                                           message:@"Unable to save image to Photo Album." 
                                          delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Dismiss" 
                                 otherButtonTitles:nil];
    else // All is well
        alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Success" 
                                           message:@"Image saved to Photo Album." 
                                          delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Ok" 
                                 otherButtonTitles:nil];
    [alert show];
    [alert release];
}


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