How to rotate an image 90 degrees on iOS?

Question

What I want to do is take a snapshot from my camera , send it to a server and then the server sends me back the image on a viewController. If the image is in portrait mode t

Answer 1

If you are looking to save image then you need to rotate picture context not the view. I have used provided examples above but they did not work well when centering the image. So I have enhanced and fixed as follows :

func imageRotatedByDegrees(deg degrees: CGFloat) -> UIImage {

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSize(width: self.size.height, height: self.size.width))

    let bitmap: CGContext = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!

    // Move the origin to the middle of the image so we will rotate and scale around the center.
    bitmap.translateBy(x: self.size.width / 2, y: self.size.height / 2)

    // Rotate the image context
    bitmap.rotate(by: (degrees * CGFloat(Double.pi / 180)))

    // Now, draw the rotated/scaled image into the context
    bitmap.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)

    let origin = CGPoint(x: -self.size.height / 2, y: -self.size.width / 2)

    bitmap.draw(self.cgImage!, in: CGRect(origin: origin, size: CGSize(width: self.size.width, height: self.size.height)))

    let newImage: UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!

    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

    return newImage
}