Rotating UIImage in Swift

I'm using Xcode 6.0.1 with Swift. I have a UIImage, and I would like to make another image using the old image as a source, with the new image being rotated in some way... say flipped vertically.

This question was already answered a few months ago. However, that solution doesn't work for me, even though the situation is identical.

When I have

var image = UIImage(CGImage: otherImage.CGImage, scale: 1.0, orientation: .DownMirrored)

Xcode complains that there's an "Extra argument 'scale' in call". After checking with the Apple documentation, this makes no sense, as that version of the initializer does take those three arguments. Leaving out the scale and orientation arguments does fix the problem, but prevents me from doing the rotation.

The only other reference to this that I can find is this guy, who had the same problem.

What do you think?

I do need this to run on this version of Xcode, so if there's an alternate way to perform the rotation (I haven't found one yet) that would be useful.

Swift 5 Solution

I wrote Pixel SDK which offers a more powerful solution to this problem, otherwise here is the simplest solution:

extension UIImage {
    func rotate(radians: Float) -> UIImage? {
        var newSize = CGRect(origin: CGPoint.zero, size: self.size).applying(CGAffineTransform(rotationAngle: CGFloat(radians))).size
        // Trim off the extremely small float value to prevent core graphics from rounding it up
        newSize.width = floor(newSize.width)
        newSize.height = floor(newSize.height)
        
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(newSize, false, self.scale)
        let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!
        
        // Move origin to middle
        context.translateBy(x: newSize.width/2, y: newSize.height/2)
        // Rotate around middle
        context.rotate(by: CGFloat(radians))
        // Draw the image at its center
        self.draw(in: CGRect(x: -self.size.width/2, y: -self.size.height/2, width: self.size.width, height: self.size.height))
    
        let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        
        return newImage
    }
}

and to use this solution you can do the following

let image = UIImage(named: "image.png")!
let newImage = image.rotate(radians: .pi/2) // Rotate 90 degrees

Here is a simple extension to UIImage:

//ImageRotation.swift

import UIKit

extension UIImage {  
    public func imageRotatedByDegrees(degrees: CGFloat, flip: Bool) -> UIImage {
        let radiansToDegrees: (CGFloat) -> CGFloat = {
            return $0 * (180.0 / CGFloat(M_PI))
        }
        let degreesToRadians: (CGFloat) -> CGFloat = {
            return $0 / 180.0 * CGFloat(M_PI)
        }

        // calculate the size of the rotated view's containing box for our drawing space
        let rotatedViewBox = UIView(frame: CGRect(origin: CGPointZero, size: size))
        let t = CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(degreesToRadians(degrees));
        rotatedViewBox.transform = t
        let rotatedSize = rotatedViewBox.frame.size

        // Create the bitmap context
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(rotatedSize)
        let bitmap = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()

        // Move the origin to the middle of the image so we will rotate and scale around the center.
        CGContextTranslateCTM(bitmap, rotatedSize.width / 2.0, rotatedSize.height / 2.0);

        //   // Rotate the image context
        CGContextRotateCTM(bitmap, degreesToRadians(degrees));

        // Now, draw the rotated/scaled image into the context
        var yFlip: CGFloat

        if(flip){
            yFlip = CGFloat(-1.0)
        } else {
            yFlip = CGFloat(1.0)
        }

        CGContextScaleCTM(bitmap, yFlip, -1.0)
        CGContextDrawImage(bitmap, CGRectMake(-size.width / 2, -size.height / 2, size.width, size.height), CGImage)

        let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

        return newImage
    }
}

(Source)

Use it with:

rotatedPhoto = rotatedPhoto?.imageRotatedByDegrees(90, flip: false) 

The former will rotate an image and flip it if flip is set to true.

extension UIImage {
    struct RotationOptions: OptionSet {
        let rawValue: Int
    
        static let flipOnVerticalAxis = RotationOptions(rawValue: 1)
        static let flipOnHorizontalAxis = RotationOptions(rawValue: 2)
    }

    func rotated(by rotationAngle: Measurement<UnitAngle>, options: RotationOptions = []) -> UIImage? {
        guard let cgImage = self.cgImage else { return nil }
    
        let rotationInRadians = CGFloat(rotationAngle.converted(to: .radians).value)
        let transform = CGAffineTransform(rotationAngle: rotationInRadians)
        var rect = CGRect(origin: .zero, size: self.size).applying(transform)
        rect.origin = .zero
    
        let renderer = UIGraphicsImageRenderer(size: rect.size)
        return renderer.image { renderContext in
            renderContext.cgContext.translateBy(x: rect.midX, y: rect.midY)
            renderContext.cgContext.rotate(by: rotationInRadians)
        
            let x = options.contains(.flipOnVerticalAxis) ? -1.0 : 1.0
            let y = options.contains(.flipOnHorizontalAxis) ? 1.0 : -1.0
            renderContext.cgContext.scaleBy(x: CGFloat(x), y: CGFloat(y))
        
            let drawRect = CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: -self.size.width/2, y: -self.size.height/2), size: self.size)
            renderContext.cgContext.draw(cgImage, in: drawRect)
        }
    }
}

You can use it like this:

let rotatedImage = UIImage(named: "my_amazing_image")?.rotated(by: Measurement(value: 48.0, unit: .degrees))

With flipped flag specified:

let flippedImage = UIImage(named: "my_amazing_image")?.rotated(by: Measurement(value: 48.0, unit: .degrees), options: [.flipOnVerticalAxis])

Swift 3:

Rotating to right:

let image = UIImage(cgImage: otherImage.cgImage!, scale: CGFloat(1.0), orientation: .right)

Tested in Playground:

// MyPlayground.playground

import UIKit
import PlaygroundSupport

let view = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 500, height: 500))
view.backgroundColor = UIColor.white
PlaygroundPage.current.liveView = view

let otherImage = UIImage(named: "burger.png", in: Bundle.main,
                         compatibleWith: nil)
let imageViewLeft = UIImageView(image: UIImage(cgImage: (otherImage?.cgImage!)!, scale: CGFloat(1.0), orientation: .left)) 
let imageViewRight = UIImageView(image: UIImage(cgImage: (otherImage?.cgImage!)!, scale: CGFloat(1.0), orientation: .right))

view.addSubview(imageViewLeft)
view.addSubview(imageViewRight)
view.layoutIfNeeded()

'Extra argument in call' generally happens when one of the input types is incorrect.

You can fix your code with

var image = UIImage(CGImage: otherImage.CGImage, scale: CGFloat(1.0), orientation: .DownMirrored)

@confile answer updated to Swift 4

import UIKit

extension UIImage {

    public func imageRotatedByDegrees(degrees: CGFloat, flip: Bool) -> UIImage {
        let radiansToDegrees: (CGFloat) -> CGFloat = {
            return $0 * (180.0 / CGFloat.pi)
        }
        let degreesToRadians: (CGFloat) -> CGFloat = {
            return $0 / 180.0 * CGFloat.pi
        }
        
        // calculate the size of the rotated view's containing box for our drawing space
        let rotatedViewBox = UIView(frame: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: size))
        let t = CGAffineTransform(rotationAngle: degreesToRadians(degrees));
        rotatedViewBox.transform = t
        let rotatedSize = rotatedViewBox.frame.size
        
        // Create the bitmap context
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(rotatedSize)
        let bitmap = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
        
        // Move the origin to the middle of the image so we will rotate and scale around the center.
        bitmap?.translateBy(x: rotatedSize.width / 2.0, y: rotatedSize.height / 2.0)
        
        //   // Rotate the image context
        bitmap?.rotate(by: degreesToRadians(degrees))
        
        // Now, draw the rotated/scaled image into the context
        var yFlip: CGFloat
        
        if(flip){
            yFlip = CGFloat(-1.0)
        } else {
            yFlip = CGFloat(1.0)
        }
        
        bitmap?.scaleBy(x: yFlip, y: -1.0)
        let rect = CGRect(x: -size.width / 2, y: -size.height / 2, width: size.width, height: size.height)
        
        bitmap?.draw(cgImage!, in: rect)
        
        let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        
        return newImage!
    }
}

Do not use UIGraphicsBeginImageContext because it will destroy the quality of your vector, use UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions. This is my implementation in Swift 3/4:

extension UIImage {

  func rotated(degrees: CGFloat) -> UIImage? {

    let degreesToRadians: (CGFloat) -> CGFloat = { (degrees: CGFloat) in
      return degrees / 180.0 * CGFloat.pi
    }

    // Calculate the size of the rotated view's containing box for our drawing space
    let rotatedViewBox: UIView = UIView(frame: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: size))
    rotatedViewBox.transform = CGAffineTransform(rotationAngle: degreesToRadians(degrees))
    let rotatedSize: CGSize = rotatedViewBox.frame.size

    // Create the bitmap context
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(rotatedSize, false, 0.0)

    guard let bitmap: CGContext = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(), let unwrappedCgImage: CGImage = cgImage else {
      return nil
    }

    // Move the origin to the middle of the image so we will rotate and scale around the center.
    bitmap.translateBy(x: rotatedSize.width/2.0, y: rotatedSize.height/2.0)

    // Rotate the image context
    bitmap.rotate(by: degreesToRadians(degrees))

    bitmap.scaleBy(x: CGFloat(1.0), y: -1.0)

    let rect: CGRect = CGRect(
        x: -size.width/2,
        y: -size.height/2,
        width: size.width,
        height: size.height)

    bitmap.draw(unwrappedCgImage, in: rect)

    guard let newImage: UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext() else {
      return nil
    }

    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

    return newImage
  }

Try this code, it worked for me:

@IBAction func btnRotateImagePressed(sender: AnyObject) {
    if let originalImage = self.imageView.image {

        let rotateSize = CGSize(width: originalImage.size.height, height: originalImage.size.width)
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(rotateSize, true, 2.0)
        if let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext() {
            CGContextRotateCTM(context, 90.0 * CGFloat(M_PI) / 180.0)
            CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0, -originalImage.size.height)
            originalImage.drawInRect(CGRectMake(0, 0, originalImage.size.width, originalImage.size.height))
            self.imageView.image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
            UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        }
    }
}

For Swift 4.2

extension UIImage {


func rotate(_ radians: CGFloat) -> UIImage {
    let cgImage = self.cgImage!
    let LARGEST_SIZE = CGFloat(max(self.size.width, self.size.height))
    let context = CGContext.init(data: nil, width:Int(LARGEST_SIZE), height:Int(LARGEST_SIZE), bitsPerComponent: cgImage.bitsPerComponent, bytesPerRow: 0, space: cgImage.colorSpace!, bitmapInfo: cgImage.bitmapInfo.rawValue)!
    
    var drawRect = CGRect.zero
    drawRect.size = self.size
    let drawOrigin = CGPoint(x: (LARGEST_SIZE - self.size.width) * 0.5,y: (LARGEST_SIZE - self.size.height) * 0.5)
    drawRect.origin = drawOrigin
    var tf = CGAffineTransform.identity
    tf = tf.translatedBy(x: LARGEST_SIZE * 0.5, y: LARGEST_SIZE * 0.5)
    tf = tf.rotated(by: CGFloat(radians))
    tf = tf.translatedBy(x: LARGEST_SIZE * -0.5, y: LARGEST_SIZE * -0.5)
    context.concatenate(tf)
    context.draw(cgImage, in: drawRect)
    var rotatedImage = context.makeImage()!
    
    drawRect = drawRect.applying(tf)
    
    rotatedImage = rotatedImage.cropping(to: drawRect)!
    let resultImage = UIImage(cgImage: rotatedImage)
    return resultImage
}
}

If you need to flip the image horizontally or if you need a mirror image of the original image there is a simple way :

This code works for me to flip the image:

let originalImage = UIImage(named: "image")
let flippedImage = originalImage?.withHorizontallyFlippedOrientation()

Documentation

This works for iOS 8+ and maintains the image quality. It's two extensions for UIImage.

  extension UIImage {
    func withSize(_ width: CGFloat, _ height: CGFloat) -> UIImage {
      
      let target = CGSize(width, height)
      
      var scaledImageRect = CGRect.zero
      
      let aspectWidth:CGFloat = target.width / self.size.width
      let aspectHeight:CGFloat = target.height / self.size.height
      let aspectRatio:CGFloat = min(aspectWidth, aspectHeight)
      
      scaledImageRect.size.width = self.size.width * aspectRatio
      scaledImageRect.size.height = self.size.height * aspectRatio
      scaledImageRect.origin.x = (target.width - scaledImageRect.size.width) / 2.0
      scaledImageRect.origin.y = (target.height - scaledImageRect.size.height) / 2.0
      
      UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(target, false, 0)
      
      self.draw(in: scaledImageRect)
      
      let scaledImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
      UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
      
      return scaledImage!
    }
    
    func rotated(degrees: Double) -> UIImage {
      
      let radians = CGFloat(Double.pi * degrees / 180)
      
      var rotatedViewBox: UIView? = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width * scale, height: size.height * scale))
      let t = CGAffineTransform(rotationAngle: radians)
      rotatedViewBox!.transform = t
      let rotatedSize = rotatedViewBox!.frame.size
      rotatedViewBox = nil
      
      // Create the bitmap context
      UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(rotatedSize)
      let bitmap = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!
      
      // Move the origin to the middle of the image so we will rotate and scale around the center.
      bitmap.translateBy(x: rotatedSize.width/2, y: rotatedSize.height/2)
      
      //   // Rotate the image context
      bitmap.rotate(by: radians)
      
      // Now, draw the rotated/scaled image into the context
      bitmap.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)
      bitmap.draw(cgImage!, in: CGRect(x:-size.width * scale / 2, y: -size.height * scale / 2, width: size.width * scale, height: size.height * scale))
      
      let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
      UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
      
      return newImage.withSize(newImage.size.width/scale, newImage.size.height/scale)
    }
  }

Tested With Swift 5 Xcode 13

extension UIView{

func rotate(degrees: CGFloat) {

        let degreesToRadians: (CGFloat) -> CGFloat = { (degrees: CGFloat) in
            return degrees / 180.0 * CGFloat.pi
        }
        self.transform =  CGAffineTransform(rotationAngle: degreesToRadians(degrees))
    }

}

Just Pass angle in degree

myView.rotate(degrees : 90)

Check this:

func rotatedImage(with angle: CGFloat) -> UIImage {

    let updatedSize = CGRect(origin: .zero, size: size)
        .applying(CGAffineTransform(rotationAngle: angle))
        .size

    return UIGraphicsImageRenderer(size: updatedSize)
        .image { _ in

            let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()

            context?.translateBy(x: updatedSize.width / 2.0, y: updatedSize.height / 2.0)
            context?.rotate(by: angle)

            draw(in: CGRect(x: -size.width / 2.0, y: -size.height / 2.0, width: size.width, height: size.height))
        }
        .withRenderingMode(renderingMode)
}