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user3576196
user3576196

Reputation: 285

How to programatically take a screenshot in Sprite-Kit?

I've been reading resolved questions on how to programmatically take a screenshot but I can't seem to get what I've read to work in sprite kit. For instance:

This question How to take a screenshot programmatically 

   UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(self.window.bounds.size);
    [self.window.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
    UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    NSData * data = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image);
    [data writeToFile:@"foo.png" atomically:YES];

UPDATE April 2011: for retina display, change the first line into this:

if ([[UIScreen mainScreen] respondsToSelector:@selector(scale)])
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.window.bounds.size, NO, [UIScreen mainScreen].scale);
else
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(self.window.bounds.size);

gave me this information, which I tested on my game but it didn't work because window was not recognized on an SKScene. I tried replacing it with scene but that didn't work. Any suggestions?

I also tried this: 

UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.view.bounds.size, NO, scale);
[self drawViewHierarchyInRect:self.bounds afterScreenUpdates:YES];
UIImage *viewImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

Which I found in this question: ios Sprite Kit screengrab?

But it didn't seem to work either because it didn't recognize scale, or bounds in the second line.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2780

Answers (4)

Aryaman Goel
Aryaman Goel

Reputation: 538

func screenShot() {

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.size, false, 0)
    self.view!.drawViewHierarchyInRect(self.view!.bounds, afterScreenUpdates: true)
    var image:UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()

    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

    var Image = image //The image is stored in the variable Image

}

screenshot() //Calls the function and takes a screenshot

Upvotes: 3

Raksha Saini
Raksha Saini

Reputation: 603

// Full Screen Shot function. Hope this will work well in spritekit.   
func screenShot() -> UIImage {                                                    
 UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSizeMake(frame.size.width, frame.size.height))
 var context:CGContextRef  = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
 self.view?.drawViewHierarchyInRect(frame, afterScreenUpdates: true)
 var screenShot = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
 UIGraphicsEndImageContext();  
 return screenShot 
}

Upvotes: 1

Fabio
Fabio

Reputation: 1973

This is the best solution to take a screen shoot in your Sprite-Kit

UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.view.bounds.size, NO, 1);
[self.view drawViewHierarchyInRect:self.view.bounds afterScreenUpdates:YES];
UIImage *viewImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
return  viewImage;

Upvotes: 6

Sandeep Singh
Sandeep Singh

Reputation: 266

you can take screen shot for a any view.UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.view.bounds.size, self.view.opaque, 0.0); [self.view.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()]; UIImage *gameOverScreenImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext(); UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

Upvotes: -2

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