How do I make UITableViewCell's ImageView a fixed size even when the image is smaller

Question

I have a bunch of images I am using for cell\'s image views, they are all no bigger than 50x50. e.g. 40x50, 50x32, 20x37 .....

When I load the table view, the tex

Answer 1

I've created an extension using @GermanAttanasio 's answer. It provides a method to resize an image to a desired size, and another method to do the same while adding a transparent margin to the image (this can be useful for table views where you want the image to have a margin as well).

import UIKit

extension UIImage {

    /// Resizes an image to the specified size.
    ///
    /// - Parameters:
    ///     - size: the size we desire to resize the image to.
    ///
    /// - Returns: the resized image.
    ///
    func imageWithSize(size: CGSize) -> UIImage {

        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, UIScreen.mainScreen().scale);
        let rect = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, size.width, size.height);
        drawInRect(rect)

        let resultingImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

        return resultingImage
    }

    /// Resizes an image to the specified size and adds an extra transparent margin at all sides of
    /// the image.
    ///
    /// - Parameters:
    ///     - size: the size we desire to resize the image to.
    ///     - extraMargin: the extra transparent margin to add to all sides of the image.
    ///
    /// - Returns: the resized image.  The extra margin is added to the input image size.  So that
    ///         the final image's size will be equal to:
    ///         `CGSize(width: size.width + extraMargin * 2, height: size.height + extraMargin * 2)`
    ///
    func imageWithSize(size: CGSize, extraMargin: CGFloat) -> UIImage {

        let imageSize = CGSize(width: size.width + extraMargin * 2, height: size.height + extraMargin * 2)

        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(imageSize, false, UIScreen.mainScreen().scale);
        let drawingRect = CGRect(x: extraMargin, y: extraMargin, width: size.width, height: size.height)
        drawInRect(drawingRect)

        let resultingImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

        return resultingImage
    }
}