Is programmatically inverting the colors of an image possible?

Question

I want to take an image and invert the colors in iOS.

Answer 1

Updated to Swift 5 version of @MLBDG answer

extension UIImage {
func inverseImage(cgResult: Bool) -> UIImage? {
    let coreImage = self.ciImage
    guard let filter = CIFilter(name: "CIColorInvert") else { return nil }
    filter.setValue(coreImage, forKey: kCIInputImageKey)
    guard let result = filter.value(forKey: kCIOutputImageKey) as? UIKit.CIImage else { return nil }
    if cgResult { // I've found that UIImage's that are based on CIImages don't work with a lot of calls properly
        return UIImage(cgImage: CIContext(options: nil).createCGImage(result, from: result.extent)!)
    }
    return UIImage(ciImage: result)
}

}