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.frame.size);
 [self.view.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
 UIImage *viewImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
 UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
 UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(viewImage,nil, nil, nil);


}

This works well but I need to be able to position where I take the screenshot basically I need to grad only a third of the screen (center portion). I tried using

UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSize 150,150);

But have found that every thing is taken from 0,0 coordinates, has anyone any idea how to position this correctly.

Answer 1

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);

Answer 2

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);