Crop UIImage to center square

Question

I get images that are in 1920x1080 resolution. I am attempting to crop them to the center square area (ie 1080x1080 square in the center). The resolution may change in the f

Answer 1

You can use the same approach I used in this answer without the line UIBezierPath(ovalIn: breadthRect).addClip()

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extension UIImage {
    var isPortrait:  Bool    { size.height > size.width }
    var isLandscape: Bool    { size.width > size.height }
    var breadth:     CGFloat { min(size.width, size.height) }
    var breadthSize: CGSize  { .init(width: breadth, height: breadth) }
    func squared(isOpaque: Bool = false) -> UIImage? {
        guard let cgImage = cgImage?
            .cropping(to: .init(origin: .init(x: isLandscape ? ((size.width-size.height)/2).rounded(.down) : 0,
                                              y: isPortrait  ? ((size.height-size.width)/2).rounded(.down) : 0),
                                size: breadthSize)) else { return nil }
        let format = imageRendererFormat
        format.opaque = isOpaque
        return UIGraphicsImageRenderer(size: breadthSize, format: format).image { _ in
            UIImage(cgImage: cgImage, scale: 1, orientation: imageOrientation)
            .draw(in: .init(origin: .zero, size: breadthSize))
        }
    }
}

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let imageURL = URL(string: "http://i.stack.imgur.com/Xs4RX.jpg")!
let image = UIImage(data: try! Data(contentsOf: imageURL))!

let squared = image.squared()