How can I flip a UIImageView?

Question

How can I flip an UIImageView?

Answer 1

#import 
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- (UIImage *) flipImageVertically:(UIImage *)originalImage direction:(NSString *)axis {
UIImageView *tempImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:originalImage];

UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(tempImageView.frame.size);
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGAffineTransform flipVertical = CGAffineTransformMake(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
if([axis isEqualToString:@"x"])
{
    flipVertical = CGAffineTransformMake(
                                         1, 0, 0, -1, 0, tempImageView.frame.size.height
                                        );
}
else if([axis isEqualToString:@"y"] )
{
    flipVertical = CGAffineTransformMake(
                                         -1, 0, 0, 1, tempImageView.frame.size.width, 0
                                        );
}
CGContextConcatCTM(context, flipVertical);  

[tempImageView.layer renderInContext:context];

UIImage *flipedImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
[tempImageView release];

return flipedImage;
}