CGImageRef UIGetScreenImage(); - (UIImage *) getScreenImage:(UIView *)shotView{ CGImageRef cgImage = UIGetScreenImage(); void *imageBytes = NULL; if (cgImage == NULL) { CGColorSpaceRef colorspace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB(); imageBytes = malloc(shotView.bounds.size.width * shotView.bounds.size.height * 4); CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(imageBytes, shotView.bounds.size.width, shotView.bounds.size.height, 8, shotView.bounds.size.width * 4, colorspace, kCGImageAlphaNoneSkipFirst | kCGBitmapByteOrder32Big); CGColorSpaceRelease(colorspace); for (UIWindow *window in [[UIApplication sharedApplication] windows]) { CGRect bounds = [window bounds]; CALayer *layer = [window layer]; CGContextSaveGState(context); if ([layer contentsAreFlipped]) { CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0.0f, bounds.size.height); CGContextScaleCTM(context, 1.0f, -1.0f); } [layer renderInContext:(CGContextRef)context]; CGContextRestoreGState(context); } cgImage = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(context); CGContextRelease(context); } UIImage *resultingImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:cgImage]; CGImageRelease(cgImage); return resultingImage; }