iPhone - Mirroring back a picture taken from the front camera

Question

When using the front camera of the iPhone 4 to take a picture, the taken picture is mirrored compared with what you see on the iPhone screen. How may I restore the \"on scre

Answer 1

A slightly simpler answer updated for Swift 3:

func flipImage(image: UIImage) -> UIImage {
    guard let cgImage = image.cgImage else {
        // Could not form CGImage from UIImage for some reason.
        // Return unflipped image
        return image
    }
    let flippedImage = UIImage(cgImage: cgImage, 
                               scale: image.scale, 
                               orientation: .leftMirrored)
    return flippedImage
}