Question

The code below works well but grabs only the UIView which is VISIBLE on your screen.
How can I grab instead a UIView which is not currently displaying?

Thanks!

    //Take a screenshot of the view...
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(View_1.frame.size);
    [View_1.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
UIImage *View_1 = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(View_1, nil, nil, nil);

//...and attach it as an image to the email
NSData *myData3 = UIImagePNGRepresentation(View_1);
[picker addAttachmentData:myData3 mimeType:@"image/png" fileName:@"screenshot2"];   

Answer 1

If you mean hidden like in view.hidden = YES; then you will not be able to draw it, instead of hiding it you can either remove it from the super view, or even call view.hidden = NO; before drawing it and then view.hidden = YES; after it has been drawn

example

//Take a screenshot of the view...
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(View_1.frame.size);
//Set it to visible
View_1.hidden = NO;
[View_1.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
UIImage *View_1 = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(View_1, nil, nil, nil);
//Hide it again
View_1.hidden = YES;
//...and attach it as an image to the email
NSData *myData3 = UIImagePNGRepresentation(View_1);
[picker addAttachmentData:myData3 mimeType:@"image/png" fileName:@"screenshot2"];