Question

I want to rotate the image around its center point.The problem i am facing is i need to get the angle to calculate in touch moved event (i dont want to use multi touch).I am current using the below code

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

NSArray *allTouches = [touches allObjects]; 
gestureStartPoint = gestureMovedPoint;//i am getting the gestureStartPoint on touch began event

gestureMovedPoint = [[allTouches objectAtIndex:0] locationInView:[self superview]];

NSLog(@"gestureMovedPoint = %@",NSStringFromCGPoint(gestureMovedPoint));

}

CGFloat previousAngle = [self angleBetweenPoints:gestureStartPoint second11:gestureMovedPoint]; // atan2(gestureMovedPoint.y - gestureStartPoint.y, gestureMovedPoint.x - gestureStartPoint.x) * 180 / M_PI;
CGFloat currentAngle =atan2(self.transform.b, self.transform.a);//atan2(gestureMovedPoint.y - gestureStartPoint.y,gestureMovedPoint.x - gestureStartPoint.x) * 180 / M_PI;



CGFloat angleToRotate = currentAngle - previousAngle;



float xpoint = (((atan2((gestureMovedPoint.x - gestureStartPoint.x) , (gestureMovedPoint.y - gestureStartPoint.y)))*180)/M_PI);

    CGAffineTransform transform = CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(angleToRotate-100);



self.transform = transform;

Kindly help me find the solution as i am stuck here and need to complete this application very soon as there is a dead line.
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Glad I remember triginometry

-(void)degreesToRotateObjectWithPosition:(CGPoint)objPos andTouchPoint:(CGPoint)touchPoint{

   float dX = touchPoint.x-objPos.x;        // distance along X
   float dY = touchPoint.y-objPos.y;        // distance along Y
   float radians = atan2(dY, dX);          // tan = opp / adj

   //Now we have to convert radians to degrees:
   float degrees = radians*M_PI/360;

   return degrees;
}

Once you have your nice method, just do this in the touch event method. (I forgot what it’s called…)

CGAffineTransform current = view.transform;

[view setTransform:CGAffineTransformRotate(current,
                 [self degreesTorotateObjectWithPosition:view.frame.origin 
                                  andTouchPoint:[touch locationInView:parentView]]

//Note: parentView = The view that your object to rotate is sitting in.

This is pretty much all the code that you’ll need.The math is right, but I’m not sure about the setTransform stuff. I’m at school writing this in a browser. You should be able to figure it out from here.

Good luck,

Aurum Aquila