GLPaint save image

Question

I\'m trying to develop a complex painting application on the iPhone. I\'m currently drawing using Quartz (e.g. CGContext...). Unfortunately the Quartz overhead is

Answer 1

This code will not leak memory like the above solution and accounts for dynamic view size as well as retina vs standard displays:

-(BOOL)iPhoneRetina{
    return ([[UIScreen mainScreen] respondsToSelector:@selector(displayLinkWithTarget:selector:)] && ([UIScreen mainScreen].scale == 2.0))?YES:NO;
}

void releasePixels(void *info, const void *data, size_t size) {
    free((void*)data);
}

-(UIImage *) glToUIImage{

    int imageWidth, imageHeight;

    int scale = [self iPhoneRetina]?2:1;

    imageWidth = self.frame.size.width*scale;
    imageHeight = self.frame.size.height*scale;

    NSInteger myDataLength = imageWidth * imageHeight * 4;

    // allocate array and read pixels into it.
    GLubyte *buffer = (GLubyte *) malloc(myDataLength);
    glReadPixels(0, 0, imageWidth, imageHeight, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, buffer);

    // make data provider with data.
    CGDataProviderRef provider = CGDataProviderCreateWithData(NULL, buffer, myDataLength, releasePixels);

    // prep the ingredients
    int bitsPerComponent = 8;
    int bitsPerPixel = 32;
    int bytesPerRow = 4 * imageWidth;
    CGColorSpaceRef colorSpaceRef = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
    CGBitmapInfo bitmapInfo =  kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast;
    CGColorRenderingIntent renderingIntent = kCGRenderingIntentDefault;

    // make the cgimage

    CGImageRef imageRef = CGImageCreate(imageWidth, imageHeight, bitsPerComponent, bitsPerPixel, bytesPerRow, colorSpaceRef, bitmapInfo, provider, NULL, NO, renderingIntent);

    UIImage *myImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:imageRef scale:scale orientation:UIImageOrientationDownMirrored]; //Render image flipped, since OpenGL's data is mirrored

    CGImageRelease(imageRef);
    CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpaceRef);

    CGDataProviderRelease(provider);

    return myImage;
}

The others leak memory because the last parameter to CGDataProviderCreateWithData is supposed to be a function to free memory, and they also leave out the CGRelease functions.