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iOS

Posted by Rashii Henry
Rashii Henry
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Saving an Edited image using UIGraphicsBeginImageContext!

Im currently working on an app that allows you to drag an emoji image over an image you just took with the camera.

Everything works fine with the application, im just having trouble saving the context of the editted image.

here is my custom method below.

''

-(UIImage *)addEmoticon5 {

UIImage *selectedEmoticonImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"dazed_face5"];


_emojiHolder = [_emojiHolder initWithImage:selectedEmoticonImage];


UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(_image.size);

[_image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, _image.size.width, _image.size.height)];

[selectedEmoticonImage drawInRect:CGRectMake
 (_image.size.width - selectedEmoticonImage.size.width,
  _image.size.height - selectedEmoticonImage.size.height,selectedEmoticonImage.size.width,
  selectedEmoticonImage.size.height)];


UIImage *editedImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();


return editedImage;

}

'

with emojiHolder being an imageView property of the ViewController and selectedEmoticonImage being the image they selected to place over the captured photo.

Could anyone provide me any assistance on how i can save the edited version of the photo to the photo library,

I already have it running fine saving the captured photo, but i cant seem to save it with the emoji overlay.

Thanks in advance!