Losing image orientation while converting an image to CGImage

Question

I\'m facing an image orientation issue when cropping a square portion of an image out of a rectangular original image. When image is in landscape, it\'s fine. But when it is

Answer 1

@JGuo has the only answer that has actually worked. I've updated only a little bit to return an optional UIImage? and for swift-er syntax. I prefer to never implicitly unwrap.

extension UIImage {

    func crop(to rect: CGRect) -> UIImage? {
        func rad(_ degree: Double) -> CGFloat {
            return CGFloat(degree / 180.0 * .pi)
        }

        var rectTransform: CGAffineTransform
        switch imageOrientation {
        case .left:
            rectTransform = CGAffineTransform(rotationAngle: rad(90)).translatedBy(x: 0, y: -self.size.height)
        case .right:
            rectTransform = CGAffineTransform(rotationAngle: rad(-90)).translatedBy(x: -self.size.width, y: 0)
        case .down:
            rectTransform = CGAffineTransform(rotationAngle: rad(-180)).translatedBy(x: -self.size.width, y: -self.size.height)
        default:
            rectTransform = .identity
        }
        rectTransform = rectTransform.scaledBy(x: self.scale, y: self.scale)

        guard let imageRef = self.cgImage?.cropping(to: rect.applying(rectTransform)) else { return nil }
        let result = UIImage(cgImage: imageRef, scale: self.scale, orientation: self.imageOrientation)
        return result
    }
}

Here's its implementation as a computed property in my ViewController.

var croppedImage: UIImage? {
    guard let image = self.image else { return nil }

    let ratio = image.size.height / self.contentSize.height
    let origin = CGPoint(x: self.contentOffset.x * ratio, y: self.contentOffset.y * ratio)
    let size = CGSize(width: self.bounds.size.width * ratio, height: self.bounds.size.height * ratio)
    let cropFrame = CGRect(origin: origin, size: size)
    let croppedImage = image.crop(to: cropFrame)

    return croppedImage
}