move didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method to viewcontroller method with button trigger - ios

Question

I had the following code working in AppDelegate.h/.m but cannot change it to work in ViewController with a button triggering it.
#implementation BSViewController
#synthesize imageView;
#synthesize workingImage;
- (IBAction) chooseImage:(id) sender {
UIImage* testCard = [UIImage imageNamed:#"ipad 7D.JPG"];
CGImageRef num = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect([testCard CGImage],CGRectMake(532, 0, 104, 104));
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSizeMake( 250,650));
CGContextRef con = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
UIImage* im = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
CGContextDrawImage(con, CGRectMake(0, 0, 13, 13) ,num);
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
CGImageRelease(num);
UIImageView* iv = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:im];
[self.imageView addSubview: iv];
iv.center = self.imageView.center;
[iv release];
I see the button named "Choose image" in the simulator, but I do not see the image there.

Answer 1

You haven't added self.imageView to any views.
You need
[self.view addSubview:self.imageView];
To show your imageView.

Answer 2

I was able to make it work, but let me ask you some dummy questions before. You can skip these and jump directly to the end for the answer:
Did it worked before?
Why aren't you using ARC?
Have you linked the chooseImage: to the button with Interface Builder, or programmatically? I sometimes forget this basic step, and nothing works of course :)
Why are you adding iv as a subview of self.imageView instead of just changing the image property of self.imageView. Knowing this could be useful to answer properly.
Supposing you have a good reason for adding iv as a subview, beware iv.center = self.imageView.center the centers are in two different coordinates system.
Form the Apple Documentation:
The center is specified within the coordinate system of its superview
and is measured in points. Setting this property changes the values of
the frame properties accordingly.
Edit: Other things to check
Does self.imageView exist? I mean, have you added it with IB and linked it to the IBOutlet, or defined it programmatically?
Add a break point in chooseImage: and go through it step by step, making sure that the objects you generate there are not nil
Test: try self.imageView setImage:im instead of self.imageView addSubview:iv, even if it's not what you want to do, if everything else is ok you should see the image.
It works if you switch the order of
UIImage* im = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
and
CGContextDrawImage(con, CGRectMake(0, 0, 13, 13) ,num);
Otherwise you would be asking to create im with the content of the context without nothing in drawn in it.
The code would then become:
UIImage* testCard = [UIImage imageNamed:#"ipad 7D.JPG"];
CGImageRef num = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect([testCard CGImage],CGRectMake(532, 0, 104, 104));
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSizeMake( 250,650));
CGContextRef con = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGContextDrawImage(con, CGRectMake(0, 0, 13, 13) ,num);
UIImage* im = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
CGImageRelease(num);
Hope it helps. :D