CGImage from byte array

Question

Loading a CGImage or NSImage from a file using a standard image format (jpeg, gif, png et.) is all very simple.

However, I now need to create a CGImage from an arra

Answer 1

Old question, but still useful! Swift 4 equivalent of chansuk park's answer:

let height = 64
let width = 64
let numComponents = 3
let numBytes = height * width * numComponents
let pixelData = [UInt8](repeating: 210, count: numBytes)
let colorspace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB()
let rgbData = CFDataCreate(nil, pixelData, numBytes)!
let provider = CGDataProvider(data: rgbData)!
let rgbImageRef = CGImage(width: width,
                          height: height,
                          bitsPerComponent: 8,
                          bitsPerPixel: 8 * numComponents,
                          bytesPerRow: width * numComponents,
                          space: colorspace,
                          bitmapInfo: CGBitmapInfo(rawValue: 0),
                          provider: provider,
                          decode: nil,
                          shouldInterpolate: true,
                          intent: CGColorRenderingIntent.defaultIntent)!
// Do something with rgbImageRef, or for UIImage:
let outputImage = UIImage(cgImage: rgbImageRef)