How can I color a UIImage in Swift?

Question

I have an image called arrowWhite. I want to colour this image to black.

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Answer 1

I found the solution by H R to be most helpful but adapted it slightly for Swift 3

extension UIImage {

    func maskWithColor( color:UIColor) -> UIImage {

         UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.size, false, UIScreen.main.scale)
         let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!

         color.setFill()

         context.translateBy(x: 0, y: self.size.height)
         context.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)

         let rect = CGRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: self.size.width, height: self.size.height)
         context.draw(self.cgImage!, in: rect)

         context.setBlendMode(CGBlendMode.sourceIn)
         context.addRect(rect)
         context.drawPath(using: CGPathDrawingMode.fill)

         let coloredImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
         UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

         return coloredImage!
    }
}

This takes into consideration scale and also does not produce a lower res image like some other solutions. Usage :

image = image.maskWithColor(color: .green )