Drawing into CGImageRef

Question

I want to create a CGImageRef and draw points to it.

What context to use to create an empty CGImageRef and be able to draw onto it. CGContextRef or CGBitmapContextRe

Answer 1

#define HIRESDEVICE (((int)rintf([[[UIScreen mainScreen] currentMode] size].width/[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.width )>1))


- (CGImageRef) blerg
    {
    CGFloat imageScale = (CGFloat)1.0;
    CGFloat width = (CGFloat)180.0;
    CGFloat height = (CGFloat)180.0;

    if ( HIRESDEVICE )
        {
        imageScale = (CGFloat)2.0;
        }

    // Create a bitmap graphics context of the given size
    //
    CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
    CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(NULL, width * imageScale, height * imageScale, 8, 0, colorSpace, kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast);


    // Draw ...
    //
    CGContextSetRGBFillColor(context, (CGFloat)0.0, (CGFloat)0.0, (CGFloat)0.0, (CGFloat)1.0 );
    // …


    // Get your image
    //
    CGImageRef cgImage = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(context);

    CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);
    CGContextRelease(context);

    return cgImage;
    }