IOS Quartz 2D drawRect and Resizing - ios

I'm using an app called Quarkee to convert a logo from SVG to Quartz 2d code, which works a treat. Only problem is I can't seem to figure out how resize the result. If I set the frame of the UIView, the result from drawRect stays huge in the frame. How do I get it be the size of the frame I'm setting?
An example of the out is below.
Can someone help?
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGColorSpaceRef colorspace_1 = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
CGFloat components_1[] = {0.9961,0.9961,0.9961, 1.0000};
CGColorRef color_1 = CGColorCreate(colorspace_1, components_1);
CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context,color_1);
CGContextMoveToPoint(context, 0.4960,0.1090);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,662.9260,0.1090);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,662.9260,227.8780);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,0.4960,227.8780);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,0.4960,0.1090);
CGContextClosePath(context);
CGContextFillPath(context);

The solution here was to use view.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(0.5f, 0.5f); to resize the view

Take a look at these values:
CGContextMoveToPoint(context, 0.4960,0.1090);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,662.9260,0.1090);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,662.9260,227.8780);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,0.4960,227.8780);
CGContextAddLineToPoint(context,0.4960,0.1090);
when the drawRect method is called you can use self.bounds to take the current rect of your view and adjust those values according to it. You say you have generated this code from a application - those apps usually hardcode the size of the graphics you have drawn, when generate code, so you must see what is the relation between these values with the actual size of the image you have drawn and make them dynamic according to the self.bounds size...

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How to improve performance in rendering image?

I am drawing image on a custom UIView. On resizing the view, the drawing performance goes down and it starts lagging.
My image drawing code is below:
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
UIBezierPath *bpath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithOvalInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, width, height)];
CGContextAddPath(context, bpath.CGPath);
CGContextClip(context);
CGContextDrawImage(context, [self bounds], image.CGImage);
}
Is this approach correct?
You would be better using Instruments to find where the bottleneck is than asking on here.
However, what you will probably find is that every time the frame changes slightly the entire view will be redrawn.
If you're just using the drawRect to clip the view into an oval (I guess there's an image behind it or something) then you would be better off using a CAShapeLayer.
Create a CAShapeLayer and give it a CGPath then add it as a clipping layer to the view.layer.
Then you can change the path on the CAShapeLayer and it will update. You'll find (I think) that it performs much better too.
If your height and width are the same, you could just use a UIImageView instead of needing a custom view, and get the circular clipping by setting properties on the image view's layer. That approach draws nice and quickly.
Just set up a UIImageView (called "image" in my example) and then have your view controller do this once:
image.layer.cornerRadius = image.size.width / 2.0;
image.layer.masksToBounds = YES;

IOS - Working with autolayout and drawRect

I'm working with autolayout and I have a RoundView class (subview of UIButton) which drawRect method is:
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGFloat lineWidth = 0.0;
CGContextSetLineWidth(context, lineWidth);
CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, _currentBackgroundColor.CGColor);
CGContextAddEllipseInRect(context, self.bounds);
CGContextFillPath(context);
}
Then I add it to self (a UIView), set its width and height using autolayout. Everything looks great.
But when I change its size constraints (to have a bigger view), and call
[self layoutIfNeeded];
in an animation block, the circle pixels look bigger and ugly.
Do I do this the correct way ?
I just got it from this post !
The problem was that the os wasn't calling drawRect at each animation step.
To force it, in RoundView's init:
self.contentMode = UIViewContentModeRedraw;
You need to take the content scale into account for the retina displays [UIDevice mainScreen].scale. See answers to this (question)[CGContext and retina display

Scaling an image is slow on an iPad 4th gen, are there faster alternatives?

I'm trying to zoom and translate an image on the screen.
here's my drawRect:
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGContextSaveGState(context);
CGContextSetShouldAntialias(context, NO);
CGContextScaleCTM (context, senderScale, senderScale);
[self.image drawAtPoint:CGPointMake(imgposx, imgposy)];
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
}
When senderScale is 1.0, moving the image (imgposx/imgposy) is very smooth. But if senderScale has any other value, performance takes a big hit and the image stutters when I move it.
The image I am drawing is a UIImageobject. I create it with
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.bounds.size, NO, 0.0);
and draw a simple UIBezierPath(stroke):
self.image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
Am I doing something wrong? Turning off the anti-aliasing did not improve things much.
Edit:
I tried this:
rectImage = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.frame.size.width * senderScale, self.frame.size.height * senderScale);
[image drawInRect:rectImage];
but it was just as slow as the other method.
If you want this to perform well, you should let the GPU do the heavy lifting by using CoreAnimation instead of drawing the image in your -drawRect: method. Try creating a view and doing:
myView.layer.contents = self.image.CGImage;
Then zoom and translate it by manipulating the UIView relative to its superview. If you draw the image in -drawRect: you're making it do the hard work of blitting the image for every frame. Doing it via CoreAnimation only blits once, and then subsequently lets the GPU zoom and translate the layer.

Drawing outside a UIView

I have a UIView where I would like to draw a Circle that extends past the frame of the UIView,
I have set the masksToBounds to NO - expecting that I can draw past outside the bounds of the UIView by 5 pixels on the right and bottom.
I expect the oval to not get clipped but it does get clipped and does not draw outside the bounds?
- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
int width = self.bounds.size.width;
int height = self.bounds.size.height;
self.layer.masksToBounds = NO;
//// Rounded Rectangle Drawing
//// Oval Drawing
UIBezierPath* ovalPath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithOvalInRect: CGRectMake(0, 0, width+5, height+5)];
[[UIColor magentaColor] setFill];
[ovalPath fill];
[[UIColor blackColor] setStroke];
ovalPath.lineWidth = 1;
[ovalPath stroke];
}
From http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/general/conceptual/Devpedia-CocoaApp/DrawingModel.html
UIView and NSView automatically configure the drawing environment of a
view before its drawRect: method is invoked. (In the AppKit framework,
configuring the drawing environment is called locking focus.) As part
of this configuration, the view class creates a graphics context for
the current drawing environment.
This graphics context is a Quartz object (CGContext) that contains
information the drawing system requires, such as the colors to apply,
the drawing mode (stroke or fill), line width and style information,
font information, and compositing options. (In the AppKit, an object
of the NSGraphicsContext class wraps a CGContext object.) A graphics
context object is associated with a window, bitmap, PDF file, or other
output device and maintains information about the current state of the
drawing environment for that entity. A view draws using a graphics
context associated with the view’s window. For a view, the graphics
context sets the default clipping region to coincide with the view’s
bounds and puts the default drawing origin at the origin of a view’s
boundaries.
Once the clipping region is set, you can only make it smaller. So, what you're trying to do isn't possible in a UIView drawRect:.
I'm not certain this will fix your problem, but it's something to look into. You're setting self.layer.masksToBounds = NO every single time you enter drawRect. You should try setting it inside the init method just once instead, A) because it's unnecessary to do it multiple times and B) because maybe there's a problem with setting it after drawRect has already been called--who knows.

Is there a way to add text using Paths Drawing

I have a map custom view that inherit from MKOverlayPathView. I need this custom view to display circle, line and text.
I already managed to draw circle and line using path drawing CGPathAddArc and CGPathAddLineToPoint functions.
However, I still need to add text.
I tried to add text using
[text drawAtPoint:centerPoint withFont:font];
but I got invalid context error.
any idea?
With MKOverlayPathView, I think the easiest way to add text is to override drawMapRect:zoomScale:inContext: and put the path and text drawing there (and do nothing in or don't implement createPath).
But if you're going to use drawMapRect anyway, you might want to just switch to subclassing a plain MKOverlayView instead of MKOverlayPathView.
With an MKOverlayView, override the drawMapRect:zoomScale:inContext: method and draw the circle using CGContextAddArc (or CGContextAddEllipseInRect or CGPathAddArc).
You can draw the text using drawAtPoint in this method which will have the required context.
For example:
-(void)drawMapRect:(MKMapRect)mapRect zoomScale:(MKZoomScale)zoomScale inContext:(CGContextRef)context
{
//calculate CG values from circle coordinate and radius...
CLLocationCoordinate2D center = circle_overlay_center_coordinate_here;
CGPoint centerPoint =
[self pointForMapPoint:MKMapPointForCoordinate(center)];
CGFloat radius = MKMapPointsPerMeterAtLatitude(center.latitude) *
circle_overlay_radius_here;
CGFloat roadWidth = MKRoadWidthAtZoomScale(zoomScale);
//draw the circle...
CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context, [UIColor blueColor].CGColor);
CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, [[UIColor blueColor] colorWithAlphaComponent:0.2].CGColor);
CGContextSetLineWidth(context, roadWidth);
CGContextAddArc(context, centerPoint.x, centerPoint.y, radius, 0, 2 * M_PI, true);
CGContextDrawPath(context, kCGPathFillStroke);
//draw the text...
NSString *text = #"Hello";
UIGraphicsPushContext(context);
[[UIColor redColor] set];
[text drawAtPoint:centerPoint
withFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:(5.0 * roadWidth)]];
UIGraphicsPopContext();
}
In relation to a comment in another answer...
When the center coordinate or radius (or whatever) of the associated MKOverlay changes, you can make the MKOverlayView "move" by calling setNeedsDisplayInMapRect: on it (instead of removing and adding the overlay again). (When using a MKOverlayPathView, you can call invalidatePath instead.)
When calling setNeedsDisplayInMapRect:, you can pass the boundingMapRect of the overlay for the map rect parameter.
In the LocationReminders sample app from WWDC 2010, the overlay view uses KVO to observe changes to the associated MKOverlay and makes itself move whenever it detects a change to the circle's properties but you could monitor the changes in other ways and call setNeedsDisplayInMapRect: explicitly from outside the overlay view.
(In a comment on another answer I did mention using MKOverlayPathView and that is how the LocationReminders app implements a moving circle overlay view. But I should have mentioned how you can also use MKOverlayView to draw a circle. Sorry about that.)
Pushing the context with UIGraphicsPushContext generated a problem for me. Remind that the method drawMapRect:zoomScale:inContext: is called from different threads in the same time so I had to synchronize the piece of code starting where the UIGraphicsPushContext is called down to UIGraphicsPopContext call.
Also when calculating the font size like in [UIFont systemFontOfSize:(5.0 * roadWidth)] one should take into consideration the [UIScreen mainScreen].scale, which for iPad, iPad2, iPhone3 is 1 and for iPhone4 - 5 and iPad3 is 2. Otherwise the text size will be different from iPad2 to iPad3.
So for me it ended like this: [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:(6.0f * [UIScreen mainScreen].scale * roadWidth)]

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