How do I reduce Image quality/size in iPhone objective-c?

Question

I have an app that lets the user take a picture with his/her iPhone and use it as a background image for the app. I use UIImagePickerController to let the user

Answer 1

Use contentOfFile and make sure that all of your images are .png. Apple is optimized for png.

Oh, use the contentOfFile not the imageName method. Several reasons for that. Images that is brought in memory by ImageName remained in memory even after a [release] is called.

Dont ask my why. The apple told me so.

Roydell Clarke