---
title: "init(draw:delegate:)"
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Initializer
path: "appkit/nscustomimagerep/init(draw:delegate:)"
---

# init(draw:delegate:)

Returns a representation of an image initialized with the specified delegate information.

## Declaration

```swift
init(draw selector: Selector, delegate: Any)
```

## Parameters

- `selector`: The selector to call when it is time to draw the image. The method should take a single parameter of type id that represents the doc://com.apple.appkit/documentation/AppKit/NSCustomImageRep object that initiated drawing. The method must draw the image starting at the point (0, 0) in the current coordinate system.
- `delegate`: The delegate object that responds to the selector in aMethod.

## Return Value

Return Value An initialized NSCustomImageRep object, or nil if the object could not be initialized.

## Discussion

Discussion When the receiver is asked to draw the image, it sends the specified message to the selector, passing itself as a parameter to the delegate method. The delegate’s drawing method should have the following form: - (void)myCustomDrawMethod:(id)anNSCustomImageRep;

## See Also

### Related Documentation

- [draw()](appkit/nsimagerep/draw().md)

### Creating Representations of Images in Custom Formats

- [init(size:flipped:drawingHandler:)](appkit/nscustomimagerep/init(size:flipped:drawinghandler:).md)