UIGetScreenImage Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

devsugar: Accessing an iPhone camera capture session

by Erica Sadun (Jul 22nd, 2010)

With the imminent demise of UIGetScreenImage, a number of readers have asked me how they can use the newer AVFoundation approach to access screen data in their iPhone applications. I went ahead and built some sample code that, when I'm finished messing with it, will be part of chapter 7 of my ...

devsugar: Farewell, UIGetScreenImage()

by Erica Sadun (Jul 21st, 2010)

Last December, Apple relented on the use of the otherwise private UIGetScreenImage() API. This function allows iOS developers to capture a screenshot on a device, regardless of the contents of the screen. In contrast, the standard SDK-safe approach to screen captures ([theView.layer ...

Found Footage: Sudoku Grab goes Augmented Reality

by Erica Sadun (Dec 30th, 2009)

When it comes to the iPhone, Augmented Reality refers to applications that integrate live camera feeds with data generated either directly from those camera images or from related data linked to the user's real world location. Over the past year, we've seen a number of augmented reality ...

Developers now can use private API for screen capture on iPhone, says Apple

by Joachim Bean (Dec 15th, 2009)

As Apple seems to be lightening up and accepting more applications using private APIs (including Ustream and others that stream video from the iPhone 3G), word comes that the review team is now officially allowing the UIGetScreenImage() function to be used in applications distributed in the App ...