iOS Detection of Screenshot?
As of iOS 7 the other answers are no longer true. Apple has made it so touchesCancelled:withEvent:
is no longer called when the user takes a screenshot.
This would effectively break Snapchat entirely, so a couple betas in a new solution was added. Now, the solution is as simple as using NSNotificationCenter to add an observer to UIApplicationUserDidTakeScreenshotNotification.
Here's an example:
Objective C
NSOperationQueue *mainQueue = [NSOperationQueue mainQueue];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserverForName:UIApplicationUserDidTakeScreenshotNotification
object:nil
queue:mainQueue
usingBlock:^(NSNotification *note) {
// executes after screenshot
}];
Swift
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(
forName: UIApplication.userDidTakeScreenshotNotification,
object: nil,
queue: .main) { notification in
//executes after screenshot
}
I found the answer!! Taking a screenshot interrupts any touches that are on the screen. This is why snapchat requires holding to see the picture. Reference: http://tumblr.jeremyjohnstone.com/post/38503925370/how-to-detect-screenshots-on-ios-like-snapchat