iPhone - Get Position of UIView within entire UIWindow

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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?

Cheers :)

uiwindow uiview iphone cocoa-touch ios
8 Answers

Here is a combination of the answer by @Mohsenasm and a comment from @Ghigo adopted to Swift

extension UIView {
    var globalFrame: CGRect? {
        let rootView = UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.rootViewController?.view
        return self.superview?.convert(self.frame, to: rootView)
    }
}
user_16729720

For me this code worked best:

private func getCoordinate(_ view: UIView) -> CGPoint {
    var x = view.frame.origin.x
    var y = view.frame.origin.y
    var oldView = view

    while let superView = oldView.superview {
        x += superView.frame.origin.x
        y += superView.frame.origin.y
        if superView.next is UIViewController {
            break //superView is the rootView of a UIViewController
        }
        oldView = superView
    }

    return CGPoint(x: x, y: y)
}
user_92300170

this worked for me

view.layoutIfNeeded() // this might be necessary depending on when you need to get the frame

guard let keyWindow = UIApplication.shared.windows.first(where: { $0.isKeyWindow }) else { return }

let frame = yourView.convert(yourView.bounds, to: keyWindow)

print("frame: ", frame)
user_48337050

Works well for me :)

extension UIView {
    var globalFrame: CGRect {
        return convert(bounds, to: window)
    }
}
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