UIImage: Resize, then Crop

Question

I\'ve been bashing my face into this one for literally days now and even though I feel constantly that I am right on the edge of revelation, I simply cannot achieve my goal.

Answer 1

+ (UIImage *)scaleImage:(UIImage *)image toSize:(CGSize)targetSize {
    //If scaleFactor is not touched, no scaling will occur      
    CGFloat scaleFactor = 1.0;

    //Deciding which factor to use to scale the image (factor = targetSize / imageSize)
    if (image.size.width > targetSize.width || image.size.height > targetSize.height)
        if (!((scaleFactor = (targetSize.width / image.size.width)) > (targetSize.height / image.size.height))) //scale to fit width, or
            scaleFactor = targetSize.height / image.size.height; // scale to fit heigth.

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(targetSize); 

    //Creating the rect where the scaled image is drawn in
    CGRect rect = CGRectMake((targetSize.width - image.size.width * scaleFactor) / 2,
                             (targetSize.height -  image.size.height * scaleFactor) / 2,
                             image.size.width * scaleFactor, image.size.height * scaleFactor);

    //Draw the image into the rect
    [image drawInRect:rect];

    //Saving the image, ending image context
    UIImage *scaledImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return scaledImage;
}

I propose this one. Isn't she a beauty? ;)