Question

I have drawn into a CGContext of a UIView.

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect { 
    [self drawInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()]  
}

I would like to save what I have drawn to a png file.

Is there a simple solution?

EDIT: Based on suggestions below – here’s what I have so far….

-(void)createImage {
    NSString* outFile = [NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Documents/image.png"];
    DLog(@"creating image file at %@", outFile);
    UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext(); 
    NSData *imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image);
    [imageData writeToFile:outFile 
                atomically:NO];
}

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect { 
    [self drawInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()]; 
    [self createImage];
}

Answer 1

UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext(); 
NSData *imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image);
[imageData writeToFile:@"image.png" atomically:YES];