iPhone - Get Position of UIView within entire UIWindow
cocoa-touch, ios, iphone, uiview, uiwindow
Solution
That's an easy one:
[aView convertPoint:localPosition toView:nil];
... converts a point in local coordinate space to window coordinates. You can use this method to calculate a view's origin in window space like this:
[aView.superview convertPoint:aView.frame.origin toView:nil];
2014 Edit: Looking at the popularity of Matt__C's comment it seems reasonable to point out that the coordinates...
- don't change when rotating the device.
- always have their origin in the top left corner of the unrotated screen.
- are window coordinates: The coordinate system ist defined by the bounds of the window. The screen's and device coordinate systems are different and should not be mixed up with window coordinates.
Problem
The position of a `UIView` can obviously be determined by `view.center` or `view.frame` etc. but this only returns the position of the `UIView` in relation to it's immediate superview. I need to determine the position of the `UIView` in the entire 320x480 co-ordinate system. For example, if the `UIView` is in a `UITableViewCell` it's position within the window could change dramatically irregardless of the superview. Any ideas if and how this is possible?