Cropping center square of UIImage

Question

So here\'s where I\'ve made it so far. I am using a UIImage captured from the camera and can crop the center square when in landscape. For some reason this doesn\'t transl

Answer 1

Based on the checked answer by Elmundo and its swift version by Imbrue, here is the same solution that automatically calculates the size of the image's center (taking orientation into account), and with error consideration:

func cropImageToSquare(image: UIImage) -> UIImage? {
    var imageHeight = image.size.height
    var imageWidth = image.size.width

    if imageHeight > imageWidth {
        imageHeight = imageWidth
    }
    else {
        imageWidth = imageHeight
    }

    let size = CGSize(width: imageWidth, height: imageHeight)

    let refWidth : CGFloat = CGFloat(CGImageGetWidth(image.CGImage))
    let refHeight : CGFloat = CGFloat(CGImageGetHeight(image.CGImage))

    let x = (refWidth - size.width) / 2
    let y = (refHeight - size.height) / 2

    let cropRect = CGRectMake(x, y, size.height, size.width)
    if let imageRef = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect(image.CGImage, cropRect) {
        return UIImage(CGImage: imageRef, scale: 0, orientation: image.imageOrientation)
    }

   return nil
}

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Swift 3 version

func cropImageToSquare(image: UIImage) -> UIImage? {
    var imageHeight = image.size.height
    var imageWidth = image.size.width

    if imageHeight > imageWidth {
        imageHeight = imageWidth
    }
    else {
        imageWidth = imageHeight
    }

    let size = CGSize(width: imageWidth, height: imageHeight)

    let refWidth : CGFloat = CGFloat(image.cgImage!.width)
    let refHeight : CGFloat = CGFloat(image.cgImage!.height)

    let x = (refWidth - size.width) / 2
    let y = (refHeight - size.height) / 2

    let cropRect = CGRect(x: x, y: y, width: size.height, height: size.width)
    if let imageRef = image.cgImage!.cropping(to: cropRect) {
        return UIImage(cgImage: imageRef, scale: 0, orientation: image.imageOrientation)
    }

    return nil
}