Question

I am using the following code for capture a view on the screen but it is not as sharp as on the screen. the imageView size is 200x200point but the scale is 2.0 (with retina screen). The saved img size is 200×200 px. how could i make the img as sharp as the original one? Any help will be appreciated!

- (UIImage*)captureView:(UIView *)theView {

    CGRect rect = theView.frame;
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(rect.size);
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    [theView.layer renderInContext:context];
    UIImage *img = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    return img;
}

Answer 1

You are using the old way of creating the image context. Use this instead:

UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(rect.size, YES, [UIScreen mainScreen].scale);

The older UIGraphicsBeginImageContext function always assumes a scale of 1.0.

Replace ‘YES’ with ‘NO’ if you need the alpha channel.