Translating a view with a path (ObjectiveC, Cocoa) - objective-c

The short story is that I would like the bounds (I think I mean bounds instead of frame) of a NSBezierPath to fill a view. Something like this:
To generate the above image I scaled/translated each point in my created path using the information from Covert latitude/longitude point to a pixels (x,y) on mercator projection. The problem is that this isn't scalable (I will be adding many more paths) and I want to easily add pan/zoom functionality to my view. Additionally, I want the stroke to remain the same regardless of scale (i.e. no fat boundaries when I zoom).
I think I want to generate a reusable path in some arbitrary reference frame (e.g. longitude and modified latitude) instead of generating a new path every time the window changes. Then I can translate/scale my view's coordinate system to fill the view with the path.
So I used Apple's geometry guide to to modify the view's frame. I got the translation right but scaling failed.
[self setBoundsOrigin:self.path.bounds.origin];
[self scaleUnitSquareToSize:NSMakeSize(1.5, 1.5)];
Then I tried a coordinate system transformation in my drawRect: method only to end up with a similar result.
NSAffineTransform* xform = [NSAffineTransform transform];
[xform translateXBy:(-self.path.bounds.origin.x) yBy:(-self.path.bounds.origin.y)];
[xform scaleXBy:1.5 yBy:1.5];
[xform concat];
Finally I tried manually setting the view bounds in drawRect: but the result was ugly and very slow!
I know I can also transform the NSBezierPath object and I think that would work, but I'd rather transform the view once instead of looping through and transforming each path every update. I think there's about three lines of code I'm missing that will do exactly what I'm looking for.
Edit:
Here's the drawRect: method I'm using:
- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)dirtyRect
{
// NSAffineTransform* xform = [NSAffineTransform transform];
// [xform translateXBy:-self.path.bounds.origin.x yBy:-self.path.bounds.origin.y];
// [xform scaleXBy:1.5 yBy:1.5];
// [xform concat];
[self drawBoundaries];
NSRect bounds = [self bounds];
[[NSColor blackColor] set];
[NSBezierPath fillRect:bounds];
// Draw the path in white
[[NSColor whiteColor] set];
[self.path stroke];
[[NSColor redColor] set];
[NSBezierPath strokeRect:self.path.bounds];
NSLog(#"path origin %f x %f",self.path.bounds.origin.x, self.path.bounds.origin.y);
NSLog(#"path bounds %f x %f",self.path.bounds.size.width, self.path.bounds.size.height);
}

I was able to get it to work using two transformations. I was trying to avoid this to reduce complexity and computation when I have many paths to transform and a window that zooms/pans.
- (void)transformPath:(NSBezierPath *)path
{
NSAffineTransform *translateTransform = [NSAffineTransform transform];
NSAffineTransform *scaleTransform = [NSAffineTransform transform];
[translateTransform translateXBy:(-self.path.bounds.origin.x)
yBy:(-self.path.bounds.origin.y)];
float scale = MIN(self.bounds.size.width / self.path.bounds.size.width,
self.bounds.size.height / self.path.bounds.size.height);
[scaleTransform scaleBy:scale];
[path transformUsingAffineTransform: translateTransform];
[path transformUsingAffineTransform: scaleTransform];
}

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Antialiased drawing in a CALayer

Greetings! I'm trying to draw a series of circles in a CALayer that resides in a zoomable UISCrollView. This is the layer that zooms on pinch. If i draw the circles using CAShapeLayer, then they zoom beautifully:
CAShapeLayer plotLayer = [CAShapeLayer layer];
plotLayer.bounds = self.bounds;
plotLayer.anchorPoint = CGPointZero;
plotLayer.position = CGPointZero;
CGMutablePathRef path = CGPathCreateMutable();
for (id one in many) {
CGRect ellipseRect = [one circleRect];
CGPathAddEllipseInRect(path, NULL, ellipseRect);
}
plotLayer.path = path
CFRelease(path);
[self.layer addSublayer:plotLayer];
[plotLayer setNeedsDisplay];
However, when i try to draw them with vanilla core graphics in my drawLayer:inContext: method, the circles get very jaggy (downright pro-aliased!) No amount of antialias jiggery-pokery seems to help:
-(void)drawLayer:(CALayer *)layer inContext:(CGContextRef)context
{
CGContextSetAllowsAntialiasing(context, true);
CGContextSetShouldAntialias(context, true);
CGContextClip(context);
for (id one in many) {
CGRect ellipseRect = [one circleRect];
CGContextStrokeEllipseInRect(context, ellipseRect);
}
}
I'm trying to figure out what CAShapeLayer is doing to get such nice antialiasing so that (aside from my own edification) i can take full advantage of core graphics in my drawing rather than just the stroke/fill that i can get with CAShapeLayer. Am i just missing a transform somewhere?
Many thanks!
Short answer: contentsScale
Longer answer: (taken almost verbatim from pe8ter at Vector like drawing for zoomable UIScrollView):
You can get a better rendering by setting the contentScale property on the layer in question after zooming:
- (void)scrollViewDidEndZooming:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
withView:(UIView *)view
atScale:(float)scale
{
[CATransaction begin];
[CATransaction setValue:[NSNumber numberWithBool:YES]
forKey:kCATransactionDisableActions];
uglyBlurryTextLayer.contentsScale = scale;
[CATransaction commit];
}
There's a (typically excellent) description by Brad Larson of when the actual drawing occurs (spoiler, it usually only occurs once despite how many transforms are applied) at So a CALayer does not contain a content bitmap of a view?. Based on this, i can only assume that setting contentsScale causes the layer to render again.
I haven't tried this but if your circles get jaggy when resizing the view, it might be because of the interpolation quality.
Have you tried setting the interpolation quality to high?
CGContextSetInterpolationQuality(context, kCGInterpolationHigh);

NSTabView Item adding an Icon in TabViewItem

I subclassed NSTabView and added 5 TabViewItem, now i wanted to add an Icon along with the title in the NSTabViewItem,
Can anyone suggest me how to start, i am not getting any documentation except,
- (void)drawLabel:(BOOL)shouldTruncateLabel inRect:(NSRect)tabRect
Does that mean, if i override this method, i need to draw Icon and string my own,
For setting up the title , i am using following method,
[pTabViewItem setLabel:pLabelTitle];
Kind Regards
Rohan
Never Mind,
Following Code works for me,
- (void)drawLabel:(BOOL)shouldTruncateLabel inRect:(NSRect)tabRect{
// do we have an image to draw
NSImage *pImage = [pDelegate imageForCell];
[[NSGraphicsContext currentContext] saveGraphicsState];
NSAffineTransform* xform = [NSAffineTransform transform];
[xform translateXBy:0.0 yBy: tabRect.size.height];
[xform scaleXBy:1.0 yBy:-1.0];
[xform concat];
CGFloat x_Offset =0;
if(pImage){
[pImage drawInRect:NSMakeRect(tabRect.origin.x-8,-6,16, 16)fromRect:NSZeroRect
operation:NSCompositeSourceOver
fraction:1.0];
x_Offset = 16;
}
[[NSGraphicsContext currentContext] restoreGraphicsState];
[super drawLabel:shouldTruncateLabel inRect:tabRect];
}
Why transformation:
Image was showing inverted, so i need to transform,
Why offset:
Even after transformation, i need to adjust, the position so that it looks just before the title,
and guys, i while setting the title,
append a Space, so title will not overlap the image, i know this is ugly approach, but couldn’t get any other quick way to do it, if i draw the text myself then i need to take care of truncating also,
Thanks to those who looked at questions and answer
Kind Regards
Rohan

NSBitmapImageRep and multi-page TIFFs

I've got a program that can open TIFF documents and display them. I'm using setFlipped:YES.
If I'm just dealing with single page image files, I can do
[image setFlipped: YES];
and that, in addition to the view being flipped, seems to draw the image correctly.
However, for some reason, setting the flipped of the image doesn't seem to affect the flippedness of the individual representations.
This is relevant because the multiple images of a multi-page TIFF seem to appear as different "representations" of the same image. So, if I just draw the IMAGE, it's flipped, but if I draw a specific representation, it isn't flipped. I also can't seem to figure out how to chose which representation is the default one that gets drawn when you draw the NSImage.
thanks.
You shouldn't use the -setFlipped: method to control how the image is drawn. You should use a transform based on the flipped-ness of the context you are drawing into. Something like this (a category on NSImage):
#implementation NSImage (FlippedDrawing)
- (void)drawAdjustedInRect:(NSRect)dstRect fromRect:(NSRect)srcRect operation:(NSCompositingOperation)op fraction:(CGFloat)delta
{
NSGraphicsContext* context = [NSGraphicsContext currentContext];
BOOL contextIsFlipped = [context isFlipped];
if (contextIsFlipped)
{
NSAffineTransform* transform;
[context saveGraphicsState];
// Flip the coordinate system back.
transform = [NSAffineTransform transform];
[transform translateXBy:0 yBy:NSMaxY(dstRect)];
[transform scaleXBy:1 yBy:-1];
[transform concat];
// The transform above places the y-origin right where the image should be drawn.
dstRect.origin.y = 0.0;
}
[self drawInRect:dstRect fromRect:srcRect operation:op fraction:delta];
if (contextIsFlipped)
{
[context restoreGraphicsState];
}
}
- (void)drawAdjustedAtPoint:(NSPoint)point
{
[self drawAdjustedAtPoint:point fromRect:NSZeroRect operation:NSCompositeSourceOver fraction:1.0];
}
- (void)drawAdjustedInRect:(NSRect)rect
{
[self drawAdjustedInRect:rect fromRect:NSZeroRect operation:NSCompositeSourceOver fraction:1.0];
}
- (void)drawAdjustedAtPoint:(NSPoint)aPoint fromRect:(NSRect)srcRect operation:(NSCompositingOperation)op fraction:(CGFloat)delta
{
NSSize size = [self size];
[self drawAdjustedInRect:NSMakeRect(aPoint.x, aPoint.y, size.width, size.height) fromRect:srcRect operation:op fraction:delta];
}
#end
I believe that the answer is that Yes, different pages are separate representations, and the correct way to deal with them is to turn them into images with:
NSImage *im = [[NSImage alloc] initWithData:[representation TIFFRepresentation]];
[im setFlipped:YES];

Create a colored bubble/circle programmatically in ObjectiveC and Cocoa

Can anyone guide me in the correct way to build a colored bubble/circle programmatically?
I can't use images as I need it to be able to be any color depending on user interaction.
My thought was maybe to make a white circle image and then overlay a color on top of it.
However I am not sure if this would work, or how to really go about it.
If someone could point me the right direction I would appreciate it.
There are a couple steps to drawing something in Cocoa.
First you need a path that will be used to define the object that you are going to be drawing. Take a look here Drawing Fundamental Shapes for a guide on creating paths in Cocoa. You will be most interested in sending the "appendBezierPathWithOvalInRect" message to an "NSBezierPath" object, this takes a rectangle that bounds the circle you want to draw.
This code will create a 10x10 circle at coordinates 10,10:
NSRect rect = NSMakeRect(10, 10, 10, 10);
NSBezierPath* circlePath = [NSBezierPath bezierPath];
[circlePath appendBezierPathWithOvalInRect: rect];
Once you have your path you want to set the color for the current drawing context. There are two colors, stroke and fill; stroke is the outline of the path and the fill is the interior color. To set a color you send "set" to an "NSColor" object.
This sets the stroke to black and the fill to red:
[[NSColor blackColor] setStroke];
[[NSColor redColor] setFill];
Now that you have your path and you have your colors set just fill the path and then draw it:
[path stroke];
[path fill];
All of this will need to be done in a graphics context like in drawRect of a view perhaps. All of this together with a graphics context would look like this:
- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)rect
{
// Get the graphics context that we are currently executing under
NSGraphicsContext* gc = [NSGraphicsContext currentContext];
// Save the current graphics context settings
[gc saveGraphicsState];
// Set the color in the current graphics context for future draw operations
[[NSColor blackColor] setStroke];
[[NSColor redColor] setFill];
// Create our circle path
NSRect rect = NSMakeRect(10, 10, 10, 10);
NSBezierPath* circlePath = [NSBezierPath bezierPath];
[circlePath appendBezierPathWithOvalInRect: rect];
// Outline and fill the path
[circlePath stroke];
[circlePath fill];
// Restore the context to what it was before we messed with it
[gc restoreGraphicsState];
}
You may use simple UIView to create perfect circle with only parameter radius:
// Add framework CoreGraphics.framework
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
-(UIView *)circleWithColor:(UIColor *)color radius:(int)radius {
UIView *circle = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 2 * radius, 2 * radius)];
circle.backgroundColor = color;
circle.layer.cornerRadius = radius;
circle.layer.masksToBounds = YES;
return circle;
}
Create an NSView subclass that holds an NSColor as an ivar. In the drawRect method, create an NSBezierPath of the appropriate size, using the view's bounds. Then set the color [myColor set] and fill the path [myPath fill]. There's a lot more you can do, such as set transparency, a border, and so on and so on, but I'll leave that to the docs unless you have a specific question.
To use the NSView subclass, just drag a view object onto your nib, and choose the name of your subclass in custom class in IB's inspector. You'll need to also set an outlet to it in your controller, so you can change the color as needed.
CGContextRef c = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGContextSetRGBFillColor(c, 40, 0, 255, 0.1);
CGContextSetRGBStrokeColor(c, 0, 40, 255, 0.5);
// Draw a green solid circle
CGContextSetRGBFillColor(c, 0, 255, 0, 1);
CGContextFillEllipseInRect(c, CGRectMake(100, 100, 25, 25));
Download sketch from apple. http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#samplecode/Sketch
It can do a lot more, but one of the things is draw circles.

Drawing a view hierarchy into a specific context in Cocoa

For part of my application I have a need to create an image of a certain view and all of its subviews.
To do this I'm creating a context that wraps a bitmap with the same-size as the view, but I'm unsure how to draw the view hierarchy into it. I can draw a single view just be setting the context and explicitly calling drawRect, but this does not deal with all of the subviews.
I can't see anything in the NSView interface that could help with this so I suspect the solution may lie at a higher level.
I found that writing the drawing code myself was the best way to:
deal with potential transparency issues (some of the other options do add a white background to the whole image)
performance was much better
The code below is not perfect, because it does not deal with scaling issues when going from bounds to frames, but it does take into account the isFlipped state, and works very well for what I used it for. Note that it only draws the subviews (and the subsubviews,... recursively), but getting it to also draw itself is very easy, just add a [self drawRect:[self bounds]] in the implementation of imageWithSubviews.
- (void)drawSubviews
{
BOOL flipped = [self isFlipped];
for ( NSView *subview in [self subviews] ) {
// changes the coordinate system so that the local coordinates of the subview (bounds) become the coordinates of the superview (frame)
// the transform assumes bounds and frame have the same size, and bounds origin is (0,0)
// handling of 'isFlipped' also probably unreliable
NSAffineTransform *transform = [NSAffineTransform transform];
if ( flipped ) {
[transform translateXBy:subview.frame.origin.x yBy:NSMaxY(subview.frame)];
[transform scaleXBy:+1.0 yBy:-1.0];
} else
[transform translateXBy:subview.frame.origin.x yBy:subview.frame.origin.y];
[transform concat];
// recursively draw the subview and sub-subviews
[subview drawRect:[subview bounds]];
[subview drawSubviews];
// reset the transform to get back a clean graphic contexts for the rest of the drawing
[transform invert];
[transform concat];
}
}
- (NSImage *)imageWithSubviews
{
NSImage *image = [[[NSImage alloc] initWithSize:[self bounds].size] autorelease];
[image lockFocus];
// it seems NSImage cannot use flipped coordinates the way NSView does (the method 'setFlipped:' does not seem to help)
// Use instead an NSAffineTransform
if ( [self isFlipped] ) {
NSAffineTransform *transform = [NSAffineTransform transform];
[transform translateXBy:0 yBy:NSMaxY(self.bounds)];
[transform scaleXBy:+1.0 yBy:-1.0];
[transform concat];
}
[self drawSubviews];
[image unlockFocus];
return image;
}
You can use -[NSView dataWithPDFInsideRect:] to render the entire hierarchy of the view you send it to into a PDF, returned as an NSData object. You can then do whatever you wish with that, including render it into a bitmap.
Are you sure you want a bitmap representation though? After all, that PDF could be (at least in theory) resolution-independent.
You can use -[NSBitmapImageRep initWithFocusedViewRect:] after locking focus on a view to have the view render itself (and its subviews) into the given rectangle.
What you want to do is available explicitly already. See the section "NSView Drawing Redirection API" in the 10.4 AppKit release notes.
Make an NSBitmapImageRep for caching and clear it:
NSGraphicsContext *bitmapGraphicsContext = [NSGraphicsContext graphicsContextWithBitmapImageRep:cacheBitmapImageRep];
[NSGraphicsContext saveGraphicsState];
[NSGraphicsContext setCurrentContext:bitmapGraphicsContext];
[[NSColor clearColor] set];
NSRectFill(NSMakeRect(0, 0, [cacheBitmapImageRep size].width, [cacheBitmapImageRep size].height));
[NSGraphicsContext restoreGraphicsState];
Cache to it:
-[NSView cacheDisplayInRect:toBitmapImageRep:]
If you want to more generally draw into a specified context handling view recursion and transparency correctly,
-[NSView displayRectIgnoringOpacity:inContext:]