resize and crop image centered

Question

so currently i\'m trying to crop and resize a picture to fit it into a specific size without losing the ratio.

a small image to show what i mean:

Answer 1

This method will do what you want and is a category of UIImage for ease of use. I went with resize then crop, you could switch the code around easily enough if you want crop then resize. The bounds checking in the function is purely illustrative. You might want to do something different, for example center the crop rect relative to the outputImage dimensions but this ought to get you close enough to make whatever other changes you need.

@implementation UIImage( resizeAndCropExample )

- (UIImage *) resizeToSize:(CGSize) newSize thenCropWithRect:(CGRect) cropRect {
    CGContextRef                context;
    CGImageRef                  imageRef;
    CGSize                      inputSize;
    UIImage                     *outputImage = nil;
    CGFloat                     scaleFactor, width;

    // resize, maintaining aspect ratio:

    inputSize = self.size;
    scaleFactor = newSize.height / inputSize.height;
    width = roundf( inputSize.width * scaleFactor );

    if ( width > newSize.width ) {
        scaleFactor = newSize.width / inputSize.width;
        newSize.height = roundf( inputSize.height * scaleFactor );
    } else {
        newSize.width = width;
    }

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext( newSize );

    context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

    // added 2016.07.29, flip image vertically before drawing:
    CGContextSaveGState(context);
    CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0, newSize.height);
    CGContextScaleCTM(context, 1, -1);
    CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake(0, 0, newSize.width, newSize.height, self.CGImage);

//  // alternate way to draw
//  [self drawInRect: CGRectMake( 0, 0, newSize.width, newSize.height )];

    CGContextRestoreGState(context);

    outputImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();

    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    inputSize = newSize;

    // constrain crop rect to legitimate bounds
    if ( cropRect.origin.x >= inputSize.width || cropRect.origin.y >= inputSize.height ) return outputImage;
    if ( cropRect.origin.x + cropRect.size.width >= inputSize.width ) cropRect.size.width = inputSize.width - cropRect.origin.x;
    if ( cropRect.origin.y + cropRect.size.height >= inputSize.height ) cropRect.size.height = inputSize.height - cropRect.origin.y;

    // crop
    if ( ( imageRef = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect( outputImage.CGImage, cropRect ) ) ) {
        outputImage = [[[UIImage alloc] initWithCGImage: imageRef] autorelease];
        CGImageRelease( imageRef );
    }

    return outputImage;
}

@end