Rotate image using CGContextDrawImage

Question

How can I rotate an image drawn by CGContextDrawImage() at its center?

In drawRect:

CGContextSaveGState(c);

rect = CGRectO         


        

Answer 1

This function can draw image on an existing image with rotation angle in radians.

Swift 3:

extension UIImage {
    func putImage(image: UIImage, on rect: CGRect, angle: CGFloat = 0.0) -> UIImage{

        let drawRect = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width, height: size.height)
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(drawRect.size, false, 1.0)

        // Start drawing self
        self.draw(in: drawRect)

        // Drawing new image on top
        let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!

        // Get the center of new image
        let center = CGPoint(x: rect.midX, y: rect.midY)

        // Set center of image as context action point, so rotation works right
        context.translateBy(x: center.x, y: center.y)
        context.saveGState()

        // Rotate the context
        context.rotate(by: angle)

        // Context origin is image's center. So should draw image on point on origin
        image.draw(in: CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: -rect.size.width/2, y: -rect.size.height/2), size: rect.size), blendMode: .normal, alpha:
1.0)

        // Go back to context original state.
        context.restoreGState()

        // Get new image
        let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

        return newImage
    }

}

If you need to create and empty image with size and color, use:

extension UIImage {
    convenience init?(size: CGSize, color: UIColor) {
        let rect = CGRect(origin: .zero, size: size)
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(rect.size, true, 1.0)
        color.setFill()
        UIRectFill(rect)
        let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

        guard let cgImage = image?.cgImage else { return nil }
        self.init(cgImage: cgImage)
    }
}