ImageHelper-Reflections

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>

@interface ImageHelper : NSObject
+ (void) addSimpleReflectionToView: (UIView *) theView;
+ (void) addReflectionToView: (UIView *) theView;

@end

/*
 Erica Sadun, http://ericasadun.com
 iPhone Developer's Cookbook, 3.0 Edition
 BSD License, Use at your own risk
 */

#define CGAutorelease(x) (__typeof(x))[NSMakeCollectable(x) autorelease]

#import "ImageHelper-Reflections.h"

@implementation ImageHelper
+ (CGImageRef) createGradientImage: (CGSize)size
{
    CGFloat colors[] = {0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0};
    
    // Create gradient in gray device color space
    CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceGray();
    CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(nil, size.width, size.height, 8, 0, colorSpace, kCGImageAlphaNone);
    CGGradientRef gradient = CGGradientCreateWithColorComponents(colorSpace, colors, NULL, 2);
    CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);

    // Draw the linear gradient
    CGPoint p1 = CGPointZero;
    CGPoint p2 = CGPointMake(0, size.height);
    CGContextDrawLinearGradient(context, gradient, p1, p2, kCGGradientDrawsAfterEndLocation);
    
    // Return the CGImage
    CGImageRef theCGImage = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(context);
    CFRelease(gradient);
    CGContextRelease(context);
    return theCGImage;
}

+ (UIImage *) reflectionOfView: (UIView *)theView withPercent: (CGFloat) percent
{
    // Retain the width but shrink the height
    CGSize size = CGSizeMake(theView.frame.size.width, theView.frame.size.height * percent);

    // Shrink the view
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(size);
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    [theView.layer renderInContext:context];
    UIImage *partialimg = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    
    // build the mask
    CGImageRef mask = [ImageHelper createGradientImage:size];
    CGImageRef ref = CGImageCreateWithMask(partialimg.CGImage, mask);
    UIImage *theImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:ref];
    CGImageRelease(ref);
    CGImageRelease(mask);
    return theImage;
}

const CGFloat kReflectDistance = 10.0f;

+ (void) addReflectionToView: (UIView *) theView
{
    theView.clipsToBounds = NO;
    UIImageView *reflection = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[ImageHelper reflectionOfView:theView withPercent: 0.45f]];
    CGRect frame = reflection.frame;
    frame.origin = CGPointMake(0.0f, theView.frame.size.height + kReflectDistance);
    reflection.frame = frame;
    [theView addSubview:reflection];
    [reflection release];
}

const CGFloat kReflectPercent = 0.5f;
const CGFloat kReflectOpacity = 0.5f;

+ (void) addSimpleReflectionToView: (UIView *) theView
{
    CALayer *reflectionLayer = [CALayer layer];
    reflectionLayer.contents = [theView layer].contents;
    reflectionLayer.opacity = kReflectOpacity;
    reflectionLayer.frame = CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, theView.frame.size.width, theView.frame.size.height * kReflectPercent);
    CATransform3D stransform = CATransform3DMakeScale(1.0f, -1.0f, 1.0f);
    CATransform3D transform = CATransform3DTranslate(stransform, 0.0f, -(kReflectDistance + theView.frame.size.height), 0.0f);
    reflectionLayer.transform = transform;
    reflectionLayer.sublayerTransform = reflectionLayer.transform;
    [[theView layer] addSublayer:reflectionLayer];
}
@end