How to blur an existing image in a UIImageView with Swift?

Question

The setup is simple.

• A ViewController with UIImageView that has an image assigned.
• A UIButton that when clicked blurs the image in the UIImageView.<

Answer 1

There is actually a handy implementation right in CoreImage https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreimage/ciimage/1645897-applyinggaussianblur

extension UIImage {

func blur(_ radius: Double) -> UIImage? {
    if let img = CIImage(image: self) {
        return UIImage(ciImage: img.applyingGaussianBlur(sigma: radius))
    }
    return nil
}