Save UIView with CALayer.mask as UIImage in iOS 6 - iphone

Question

I have the following code:
if ([[UIScreen mainScreen] respondsToSelector:#selector(scale)]) {
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(mainView.bounds.size, NO, [UIScreen mainScreen].scale);
}
else {
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(mainView.bounds.size);
}
[mainView.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
UIImage *saveImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
In mainView, there is a masked subview that does not appear in saveImage when using this method. However, I understand there used to be a UIGetScreenImage method pre iOS 4 that did capture such activity. My question is, what is the best way to capture CALayer activities in iOS 6? Is UIGetScreenImage still private?

Answer 1

I think there was a similar question about a week ago: Mask does not work when capturing a uiview to a uiimage
On iOS6 there is a problem capturing a UIView with the mask applied (btw, in iOS 7 it has been fixed): you capture the image but the mask is not applied.
I posted a lengthy solution which involved applying the mask manually to the captured image. It's not very difficult and I also made a demo project of this. You can download it here:
https://bitbucket.org/reydan/so_imagemask
If I did not understand your problem correctly, please tell me so I can remove this answer.

Answer 2

try getting the presentation layer instead, as it will contain the layer's state.
[mainView.layer.presentationLayer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/graphicsimaging/reference/CALayer_class/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/occ/instm/CALayer/presentationLayer