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

Here is the Swift 5 version of cropping the image according to given size from center.

extension UIImage {

     func imageByCroppingImage(size : CGSize) -> UIImage{
        let refWidth : CGFloat = CGFloat(self.cgImage!.width)
        let refHeight : CGFloat = CGFloat(self.cgImage!.height)
        let x = (refWidth - size.width) / 2
        let y = (refHeight - size.height) / 2
        let cropRect = CGRect(x: x, y: y, width: size.width, height: size.height)
        let imageRef = self.cgImage!.cropping(to: cropRect)
        let cropped : UIImage = UIImage(cgImage: imageRef!, scale: 0, orientation: self.imageOrientation)
        return cropped
    }
    }