渲染渐变色image

之前分享过如何画渐变的layer，最近有个需求需要做一个渐变色的导航栏，如果给导航栏画一个渐变的layer的话，不能覆盖到状态栏，所以还是需要使用[self.navigationController.navigationBar setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"xxx"] forBarMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault]在导航栏的backgroundImageView上想办法。分享一个渲染渐变image的方法

- (UIImage*)imageWithColor:(NSArray *)colors withSize:(CGSize)size{
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, YES, 1);
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    CGContextSaveGState(context);
    NSMutableArray *ar = [NSMutableArray array];
    for (UIColor *c in colors) {
        [ar addObject:(id)c.CGColor];
    }
    
    CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorGetColorSpace([[colors lastObject] CGColor]);
    CGGradientRef gradient = CGGradientCreateWithColors(colorSpace, (CFArrayRef)ar, NULL);
    CGContextDrawLinearGradient(context, gradient, CGPointMake(0, 0), CGPointMake(size.width, 0), kCGGradientDrawsBeforeStartLocation|kCGGradientDrawsAfterEndLocation);
    UIImage *theImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    CGGradientRelease(gradient);
    CGContextRestoreGState(context);
    CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    return theImage;
}

绘制渐变的layer