macOS Storing an image of UI elements in an array

Boegs said:

I am trying to enumerate through all subviews of a view and create a snapshot image of each NSControl item and add it to a NSMutableArray. The ultimate goal is to allow a user to rearrange the various UI elements.

I have subclassed NSView and added two properties:

Code:

@interface MyContent : NSView


@property (strong) NSMutableArray *subViewObjects;
@property (strong) NSMutableArray *subViewImages;

@end

In IB, I added two TextViews to the main view and set the class of the view to MyContent.

Then, in the MyContent implementation, I have the following, in awakeFromNib:

Code:

   // Copy all the items on the view
    subViewObjects = [[self subviews] mutableCopy];
    NSLog(@"%@",subViewObjects);
    
    // Create images of all the views
    NSUInteger i, count;
    for (i = 0, count = [subViewObjects count]; i < count; i++) {
        NSView *view = [subViewObjects objectAtIndex:i];
        NSImage *image = [[NSImage alloc] initWithSize:[view bounds].size];
        [image lockFocus];
        [view drawRect:[view bounds]];
        [image unlockFocus];
        [subViewImages addObject:image];
        NSLog(@"Number of subViewImages; %lu",[subViewImages count]);
    }

Using various NSLog statements, it seems that the subViewObjects are correctly added to an array, but the subViewImages array does not get populated with images. I am convinced I have overlooked something really simple and it is driving me crazy! Does anybody know what I am doing wrong?

I am using Xcode 4.2.1, with ARC and Lion (10.7.2)

If anybody can point me in the right direction, I would be very grateful

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