This is my coregraphics code:
void drawTopPaperBackground(CGContextRef context, CGRect rect) {
CGRect paper3 = CGRectMake(10, 14, 300, rect.size.height - 14);
CGRect paper2 = CGRectMake(13, 12, 294, rect.size.height - 12);
CGRect paper1 = CGRectMake(16, 10, 288, rect.size.height - 10);
//Shadow
CGContextSetShadowWithColor(context, CGSizeMake(0,0), 10, [[UIColor colorWithWhite:0 alpha:0.5]CGColor]);
CGPathRef path = createRoundedRectForRect(paper3, 0);
CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, [[UIColor blackColor] CGColor]);
CGContextAddPath(context, path);
CGContextFillPath(context);
//Layers of paper
//CGContextSaveGState(context);
drawPaper(context, paper3);
drawPaper(context, paper2);
drawPaper(context, paper1);
//CGContextRestoreGState(context);
}
void drawPaper(CGContextRef context, CGRect rect) {
//Shadow
CGContextSaveGState(context);
CGContextSetShadowWithColor(context, CGSizeMake(0,0), 1, [[UIColor colorWithWhite:0 alpha:0.5]CGColor]);
CGPathRef path = createRoundedRectForRect(rect, 0);
CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, [[UIColor blackColor] CGColor]);
CGContextAddPath(context, path);
CGContextFillPath(context);
//CGContextRestoreGState(context);
//Gradient
//CGContextSaveGState(context);
CGColorRef startColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:0.92 alpha:1.0].CGColor;
CGColorRef endColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:0.94 alpha:1.0].CGColor;
CGRect firstHalf = CGRectMake(rect.origin.x,
rect.origin.y, rect.size.width / 2, rect.size.height);
CGRect secondHalf = CGRectMake(rect.origin.x + (rect.size.width / 2),
rect.origin.y, rect.size.width / 2, rect.size.height);
drawVerticalGradient(context, firstHalf, startColor, endColor);
drawVerticalGradient(context, secondHalf, endColor, startColor);
//CGContextRestoreGState(context);
//CGContextSaveGState(context);
CGRect redRect = rectForRectWithInset(rect, -1);
CGMutablePathRef redPath = createRoundedRectForRect(redRect, 0);
//CGContextSaveGState(context);
CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context, [[UIColor blackColor] CGColor]);
CGContextAddPath(context, path);
CGContextClip(context);
CGContextAddPath(context, redPath);
CGContextSetShadowWithColor(context, CGSizeMake(0, 0), 15.0, [[UIColor colorWithWhite:0 alpha:0.1] CGColor]);
CGContextStrokePath(context);
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
}
The view is a UIScrollView, which contains a textview. Every time the user types something and goes onto a new line, I call [self setNeedsDisplay]; and it redraws the code. But when the view starts to get long - around 1000 height, it has very noticeable lag. How can i make this code more efficient? Can i take a line of pixels and make it just repeat that, or stretch it, all the way down?
