How can I take an UIImage and give it a black border?

How can I set the border of a UIImage?

With OS > 3.0 you can do this:

//you need this import
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>

[imageView.layer setBorderColor: [[UIColor blackColor] CGColor]];
[imageView.layer setBorderWidth: 2.0];

You can do this by creating a new image (also answered in your other posting of this question):

- (UIImage*)imageWithBorderFromImage:(UIImage*)source;
{
  CGSize size = [source size];
  UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(size);
  CGRect rect = CGRectMake(0, 0, size.width, size.height);
  [source drawInRect:rect blendMode:kCGBlendModeNormal alpha:1.0];

  CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
  CGContextSetRGBStrokeColor(context, 1.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.0); 
  CGContextStrokeRect(context, rect);
  UIImage *testImg =  UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
  UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
  return testImg;
}  

This code will produce a pink border around the image. However if you are going to just display the border then use the layer of the UIImageView and set its border.

#import <QuartzCore/CALayer.h>


UIImageView *imageView = [UIImageView alloc]init];
imageView.layer.masksToBounds = YES;
imageView.layer.borderColor = [UIColor blackColor].CGColor;
imageView.layer.borderWidth = 1;    

This code can be used for adding UIImageView view border.