How to get rid of previous reflection when reflecting a UIImageView (with changing pictures)?

Question

Hi everyone,

I have managed to use the reflection sample app from apple to create a reflection from a UIImageView.

But the problem is that when I change the picture inside the UIImageView, the reflection from the previous displayed picture remains on the screen. The new reflection on the next picture then overlaps the previous reflection.

How do I ensure that the previous reflection is removed when I change to the next picture?

Thank you so much. I hope my question is not too basic.

Here is the codes which i used so far:

//reflection
self.view.autoresizesSubviews = YES;
self.view.userInteractionEnabled = YES;



// create the reflection view
CGRect reflectionRect = currentView.frame;

// the reflection is a fraction of the size of the view being reflected
reflectionRect.size.height = reflectionRect.size.height * kDefaultReflectionFraction;

// and is offset to be at the bottom of the view being reflected
reflectionRect = CGRectOffset(reflectionRect, 0, currentView.frame.size.height);

reflectionView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:reflectionRect];

// determine the size of the reflection to create
NSUInteger reflectionHeight = currentView.bounds.size.height * kDefaultReflectionFraction;

// create the reflection image, assign it to the UIImageView and add the image view to the containerView
reflectionView.image = [self reflectedImage:currentView withHeight:reflectionHeight];
reflectionView.alpha = kDefaultReflectionOpacity;
[self.view addSubview:reflectionView];

//reflection
*/

Then the codes below are used to form the reflection:

CGImageRef CreateGradientImage(int pixelsWide, int pixelsHigh) { CGImageRef theCGImage = NULL;

// gradient is always black-white and the mask must be in the gray colorspace
CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceGray();

// create the bitmap context
CGContextRef gradientBitmapContext = CGBitmapContextCreate(nil, pixelsWide, pixelsHigh,
                                                           8, 0, colorSpace, kCGImageAlphaNone);

// define the start and end grayscale values (with the alpha, even though
// our bitmap context doesn't support alpha the gradient requires it)
CGFloat colors[] = {0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};

// create the CGGradient and then release the gray color space
CGGradientRef grayScaleGradient = CGGradientCreateWithColorComponents(colorSpace, colors, NULL, 2);
CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);

// create the start and end points for the gradient vector (straight down)
CGPoint gradientStartPoint = CGPointZero;
CGPoint gradientEndPoint = CGPointMake(0, pixelsHigh);

// draw the gradient into the gray bitmap context
CGContextDrawLinearGradient(gradientBitmapContext, grayScaleGradient, gradientStartPoint,
                            gradientEndPoint, kCGGradientDrawsAfterEndLocation);
CGGradientRelease(grayScaleGradient);

// convert the context into a CGImageRef and release the context
theCGImage = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(gradientBitmapContext);
CGContextRelease(gradientBitmapContext);

// return the imageref containing the gradient
return theCGImage;

}

CGContextRef MyCreateBitmapContext(int pixelsWide, int pixelsHigh) { CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();

// create the bitmap context
CGContextRef bitmapContext = CGBitmapContextCreate (nil, pixelsWide, pixelsHigh, 8,
                                                    0, colorSpace,
                                                    // this will give us an optimal BGRA format for the device:
                                                    (kCGBitmapByteOrder32Little | kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedFirst));
CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);

return bitmapContext;

}

• (UIImage *)reflectedImage:(UIImageView *)fromImage withHeight:(NSUInteger)height { if (!height) return nil;

  // create a bitmap graphics context the size of the image CGContextRef mainViewContentContext = MyCreateBitmapContext(fromImage.bounds.size.width, height);

  // offset the context - // This is necessary because, by default, the layer created by a view for caching its content is flipped. // But when you actually access the layer content and have it rendered it is inverted. Since we're only creating // a context the size of our reflection view (a fraction of the size of the main view) we have to translate the // context the delta in size, and render it. // CGFloat translateVertical= fromImage.bounds.size.height - height; CGContextTranslateCTM(mainViewContentContext, 0, -translateVertical);

  // render the layer into the bitmap context CALayer *layer = fromImage.layer; [layer renderInContext:mainViewContentContext];

  // create CGImageRef of the main view bitmap content, and then release that bitmap context CGImageRef mainViewContentBitmapContext = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(mainViewContentContext); CGContextRelease(mainViewContentContext);

  // create a 2 bit CGImage containing a gradient that will be used for masking the // main view content to create the 'fade' of the reflection. The CGImageCreateWithMask // function will stretch the bitmap image as required, so we can create a 1 pixel wide gradient CGImageRef gradientMaskImage = CreateGradientImage(1, height);

  // create an image by masking the bitmap of the mainView content with the gradient view // then release the pre-masked content bitmap and the gradient bitmap CGImageRef reflectionImage = CGImageCreateWithMask(mainViewContentBitmapContext, gradientMaskImage); CGImageRelease(mainViewContentBitmapContext); CGImageRelease(gradientMaskImage);

  // convert the finished reflection image to a UIImage UIImage *theImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:reflectionImage];

  // image is retained by the property setting above, so we can release the original CGImageRelease(reflectionImage);

  return theImage; }

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