The UIImage class can be used to represent an image. The following snippet scales an image according to a size which is provided with a CGSize parameter. + (UIImage *)scale:(UIImage *)image toSize:(CGSize)size { UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(size); [image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, size.width, size.height)]; UIImage *scaledImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext(); UIGraphicsEndImageContext(); return scaledImage; }
I recently has to work on an AS2 project (yuk) and create circles dynamically. Here is a handy function for this.
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Keyboard input is essential in most games. The user might use it for moving a character, mario style enemy killing and many other things. XNA supports so called keyboard states to detect keyboard input.
A common problem when drawing with GDI in VC++ is that the screen might flicker when you’re doing a lot of drawing. This problem can be overcome by drawing on a so called back buffer. The back buffer is then drawn at once. I’ve created a Win32 project in VC++ to demonstrate this. The first [...]
This example extends the Vector2 and Vector3 classes from the 2D and 3D vector normalization and angle calculation in C++ example. The formulas for distance calculation in 2D and 3D are listed below.
The HTML5 specification includes the canvas element for drawing graphics with JavaScript. This example demonstrates the use of the canvas element and JavaScript for drawing circles.
Always wanted to have your own random color generator in C#? This snippet shows you how to do it.