resizing a UIImage without loading it entirely into memory?

Question

I\'m developing an application where a user could potentially try and load very very large images. These images are first displayed as thumbnails in a table view. My origina

Answer 1

You should take a look at CGImageSource in ImageIO.framework, but it is only available since iOS 4.0.

Quick example :

-(UIImage*)resizeImageToMaxSize:(CGFloat)max path:(NSString*)path
{
    CGImageSourceRef imageSource = CGImageSourceCreateWithURL((CFURLRef)[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path], NULL);
    if (!imageSource)
        return nil;

    CFDictionaryRef options = (CFDictionaryRef)[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
        (id)kCFBooleanTrue, (id)kCGImageSourceCreateThumbnailWithTransform,
        (id)kCFBooleanTrue, (id)kCGImageSourceCreateThumbnailFromImageIfAbsent,
        (id)@(max),
        (id)kCGImageSourceThumbnailMaxPixelSize,
        nil];
    CGImageRef imgRef = CGImageSourceCreateThumbnailAtIndex(imageSource, 0, options);

    UIImage* scaled = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:imgRef];

    CGImageRelease(imgRef);
    CFRelease(imageSource);

    return scaled;
}