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ryyst
ryyst

Reputation: 9801

CALayer - backgroundColor flipped?

I'm creating a CALayer like this:

UIColor *color = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"MyPattern.png"]];
backgroundLayer = [[CALayer alloc] init];
[backgroundLayer setBackgroundColor:[color CGColor]];
[[self layer] addSublayer:backgroundLayer];

For some reason, the pattern is drawn upside down. I've already tried setting geometryFlipped and applying sublayer transforms, but it doesn't work.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2441

Answers (3)

zxcat
zxcat

Reputation: 2114

Instead of using CATransform3DMakeScale you can flip image yourself:

UIImage* img = [UIImage imageNamed:@"MyPattern.png"];
img = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:img.CGImage
                          scale:img.scale 
                    orientation:UIImageOrientationDownMirrored];
UIColor* color = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:img];
…

This works fine for me.

Or you can go further and actually redraw the image.

- (UIImage*)flipImage:(UIImage*)image {
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(image.size);
    CGContextDrawImage(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(),CGRectMake(0.,0., image.size.width, image.size.height),image.CGImage);
    UIImage* img = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    return img;
}

Details why it can be useful are in this answer.

Upvotes: 1

ryyst
ryyst

Reputation: 9801

Using [backgroundLayer setTransform:CATransform3DMakeScale(1.0, -1.0, 1.0)]; actually does work.

Upvotes: 11

JulenissensHjelper
JulenissensHjelper

Reputation: 969

I would rather use this method:

CALayer *backgroundLayer = [CALayer layer];

backgroundLayer.frame = CGRectMake(50, 50, 200, 200);

UIImage *img = [UIImage imageNamed:@"MyPattern.png"];

CGImageRef imgRef = CGImageRetain(img.CGImage);


backgroundLayer.contents = (id) imgRef;


[self.layer addSublayer:backgroundLayer];

This will provide image content inside the layer and it fits automatically, so it works great for backgrounds. Im not sure why your method isnt working, sorry about that, but I thought it would be nice to provide you with this method.

Upvotes: 2

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