CGLayer Class
Definition
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A hardware accelerated context.
public class CGLayer : CoreFoundation.NativeObjecttype CGLayer = class
inherit NativeObject- Inheritance
Remarks
CGLayers can be hardware accelerated and developers are encouraged to use this instead of CGBitmaps for off-screen rendering operations.
To create CGLayers, use the Create(CGContext, CGSize) method.
Once you create a CGLayer, you extract the CGContext instance by accessing the Context property.
Properties
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Context |
Returns the graphics context associated with this layer. |
| Handle | (Inherited from DisposableObject) |
| Owns | (Inherited from DisposableObject) |
| Size |
The size of the CGLayer |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ClearHandle() | (Inherited from DisposableObject) |
| Create(CGContext, CGSize) |
Creates a new CGLayer object with the specified graphics context and size |
| Dispose() | (Inherited from DisposableObject) |
| Dispose(Boolean) | (Inherited from NativeObject) |
| Equals(Object) | (Inherited from DisposableObject) |
| GetCheckedHandle() | (Inherited from DisposableObject) |
| GetHashCode() | (Inherited from DisposableObject) |
| InitializeHandle(NativeHandle) | (Inherited from DisposableObject) |
| Release() | |
| Retain() | |
Extension Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| GetHandle(INativeObject) | |
| GetNonNullHandle(INativeObject, String) | |