Question

What is the correct way of passing the drawing context to another method in the same class from drawRect() ?

do you just pass it like this?

drawMoreStuff:(CGContextRef)context 

or do you use the functions:
UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(); and CGContextRestoreGState(ctx); at the beginning and end of the function respectively ?

Answer 1

Well, a context that is passed to a function may not always be the same as the current context, so the best way would be like in your first example.

- (void)drawMoreStuff:(CGContextRef)context {

Depending on your function though, you would use the current context if you have a function like:

- (void)drawMoreStuffToCurrentContext {