iOS How can I make a UIImageView STAY rotated

[wasteman]

Hi I have searched the internet with this and haven't found this problem anywhere else.

I am using the UIRotationGestureRecognizer to rotate an object on the screen.

When I do the rotation action with two fingers the imageView rotates perfectly. However if I then take my fingers off and do the rotate action again it jumps back to its original place and rotates from there. I want it to remember where it is and rotate from its last spot.

My code reads like this;

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
		
		UIGestureRecognizer *recognizer;
		
		//rotation
		recognizer = [[ UIRotationGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleRotation:)];
		rotationGR = (UIRotationGestureRecognizer *)recognizer;
		[self.view addGestureRecognizer:rotationGR];
		[recognizer release];
}

-(void) handleRotation:(UIRotationGestureRecognizer *)recognizer {
		
				float rotationInDegrees = recognizer.rotation * (180/M_PI);
				NSLog(@"%f", rotationInDegrees);
				planet1.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(recognizer.rotation);
		}

The rotationInDegrees is in there because when I rotate the ImageView a certain amount of degrees I want to trigger something. However rotationInDegrees resets on each rotation. I have tried using another int like

newInt = newInt + rotationInDegrees;

but because rotationInDegrees constantly updates it is actually adding many numbers instead of just the latest rotationInDegrees number. If anyone could help me solve this too that would be great.