Creating a UIImage from a CGLayer

CGLayers are great for drawing - especially when things need to be drawn over and over again. Converting a CGLayer to a UIImage is another story, though. NetSketch uses CGLayers for the drawing canvas, but converts them to UIImages when you go to upload your drawing or email it to a friend. The code below shows how it’s done. The CGLayer is drawn into a bitmap CGContext of the same size, and then

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