Changing UIImage color

Question

I\'m trying to change color of UIImage. My code:

-(UIImage *)coloredImage:(UIImage *)firstImage withColor:(UIColor *)color {
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(         


        

Answer 1

Base on @Anna's answer and I rewrite for swift 2.2 and handles image with alpha channel:

static func multiplyImageByConstantColor(image:UIImage,color:UIColor)->UIImage{
    let backgroundSize = image.size
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(backgroundSize)

    let ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()

    var backgroundRect=CGRect()
    backgroundRect.size = backgroundSize
    backgroundRect.origin.x = 0
    backgroundRect.origin.y = 0

    var r:CGFloat = 0
    var g:CGFloat = 0
    var b:CGFloat = 0
    var a:CGFloat = 0
    color.getRed(&r, green: &g, blue: &b, alpha: &a)
    CGContextSetRGBFillColor(ctx, r, g, b, a)

    // Unflip the image
    CGContextTranslateCTM(ctx, 0, backgroundSize.height)
    CGContextScaleCTM(ctx, 1.0, -1.0)
    CGContextClipToMask(ctx, CGRectMake(0, 0, image.size.width, image.size.height), image.CGImage);
    CGContextFillRect(ctx, backgroundRect)

    var imageRect=CGRect()
    imageRect.size = image.size
    imageRect.origin.x = (backgroundSize.width - image.size.width)/2
    imageRect.origin.y = (backgroundSize.height - image.size.height)/2


    CGContextSetBlendMode(ctx, .Multiply)
    CGContextDrawImage(ctx, imageRect, image.CGImage)

    let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
    return newImage
}