Erasing on UIImageView

Question

How can I erase content on front UIImage by swiping finger on it and display UIImage that is back side of UIView.

I had used following code in - (void)touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event to erase front image:

-(void)eraseDrawingContents
{
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(frontImage.frame.size);
    [frontImage.image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, frontImage.frame.size.width, frontImage.frame.size.height)];

    CGContextSaveGState(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext());
    CGContextSetShouldAntialias(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(), YES);
    CGContextSetLineCap(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(), kCGLineCapRound);
    CGContextSetLineWidth(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(), 25.0);
    CGContextSetShadowWithColor(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(), CGSizeMake(0, 0), 50, [[UIColor whiteColor]CGColor]);

    CGMutablePathRef path = CGPathCreateMutable();
    CGPathMoveToPoint(path, nil, lastPoint.x, lastPoint.y);
    CGPathAddLineToPoint(path, nil, currentPoint.x, currentPoint.y);
    CGContextSetBlendMode(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(), kCGBlendModeClear);
    CGContextAddPath(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(), path);
    CGContextStrokePath(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext());

    frontImage.image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    CGContextRestoreGState(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext());
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    lastPoint = currentPoint;
}

I achieved following output.

But I need output like this.

How can we achieve this functionality?

Please help me.

Answer 1

Try this

- (void)touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{


    UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
    CGPoint location = [touch locationInView:self.view];


   self.imgView.image = [self.imgView.image eraseImageAtPoint:location inImageView:self.imgView  fromEraser:eraserImg];



}



- (UIImage *)eraseImageAtPoint: (CGPoint)point inImageView: (UIImageView *)imgView fromEraser: (UIImage *)eraser
{
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(imgView.frame.size);

    [self drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, imgView.frame.size.width, imgView.frame.size.height)];

    [eraser drawAtPoint:point blendMode:kCGBlendModeDestinationOut alpha:1.0];

    UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return image;

}

And use the below image as eraser this will perfectly work for you.

This code is working at my end give me the following result: