Rotating an image context (CGContextRotateCTM) causing it to become blank. Why?

Question

#define radians(degrees) (degrees * M_PI/180)

UIImage *rotate(UIImage *image) {
  CGSize size = image.size;;

  UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(size);
  CGContextRef co         


        

Answer 1

I liked the solution by @lbsweek but I was bit worried about alloc ing UIView just for transform, instead I tried the below

- (UIImage *)rotateImage:(UIImage *)sourceImage byDegrees:(float)degrees
{
    CGFloat radian = degrees * (M_PI/ 180);
    CGRect contextRect = CGRectMake(0, 0, sourceImage.size.width, sourceImage.size.height);
    float newSide = MAX([sourceImage size].width, [sourceImage size].height);
    CGSize newSize =  CGSizeMake(newSide, newSide);
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(newSize);
    CGContextRef ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    CGPoint contextCenter = CGPointMake(CGRectGetMidX(contextRect), CGRectGetMidY(contextRect));
    CGContextTranslateCTM(ctx, contextCenter.x, contextCenter.y);
    CGContextRotateCTM(ctx, radian);
    CGContextTranslateCTM(ctx, -contextCenter.x, -contextCenter.y);
    [sourceImage drawInRect:contextRect];
    UIImage* rotatedImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    return rotatedImage;
}