How to Resize image in Swift?

I am making an app for iOS, using Swift and Parse.com

I am trying to let the user select a picture from an image picker and then resize the selected image to 200x200 pixels before uploading to my backend.

Parse.com have a tutorial for an Instagram copy app called "AnyPic" which gives this code for resizing images, but it is in Objective-C....

// Resize the image to be square (what is shown in the preview)
UIImage *resizedImage = [anImage resizedImageWithContentMode:UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFit
        bounds:CGSizeMake(560.0f, 560.0f)
        interpolationQuality:kCGInterpolationHigh];
// Create a thumbnail and add a corner radius for use in table views
UIImage *thumbnailImage = [anImage thumbnailImage:86.0f
        transparentBorder:0.0f
        cornerRadius:10.0f
        interpolationQuality:kCGInterpolationDefault];

How would I create a 200x200px version of the selected picture (to then upload) in Swift?

And, what is the thumbnailImage function doing?


See my blog post, Resize image in swift and objective C, for further details.

Image resize function in swift as below.

func resizeImage(image: UIImage, targetSize: CGSize) -> UIImage? {
    let size = image.size
    
    let widthRatio  = targetSize.width  / size.width
    let heightRatio = targetSize.height / size.height
    
    // Figure out what our orientation is, and use that to form the rectangle
    var newSize: CGSize
    if(widthRatio > heightRatio) {
        newSize = CGSize(width: size.width * heightRatio, height: size.height * heightRatio)
    } else {
        newSize = CGSize(width: size.width * widthRatio, height: size.height * widthRatio)
    }
    
    // This is the rect that we've calculated out and this is what is actually used below
    let rect = CGRect(origin: .zero, size: newSize)
    
    // Actually do the resizing to the rect using the ImageContext stuff
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(newSize, false, 1.0)
    image.draw(in: rect)
    let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
    
    return newImage
}

Use the above function and resize image with 200*200 as below code

self.resizeImage(UIImage(named: "yourImageName")!, targetSize: CGSizeMake(200.0, 200.0))

swift3 updated

 func resizeImage(image: UIImage, targetSize: CGSize) -> UIImage {
    let size = image.size
    
    let widthRatio  = targetSize.width  / size.width
    let heightRatio = targetSize.height / size.height
    
    // Figure out what our orientation is, and use that to form the rectangle
    var newSize: CGSize
    if(widthRatio > heightRatio) {
        newSize = CGSize(width: size.width * heightRatio, height: size.height * heightRatio)
    } else {
        newSize = CGSize(width: size.width * widthRatio,  height: size.height * widthRatio)
    }
    
    // This is the rect that we've calculated out and this is what is actually used below
    let rect = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: newSize.width, height: newSize.height)
    
    // Actually do the resizing to the rect using the ImageContext stuff
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(newSize, false, 1.0)
    image.draw(in: rect)
    let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
    
    return newImage!
}

For Swift 4.0 and iOS 10

    extension UIImage {
        func resizeImage(_ dimension: CGFloat, opaque: Bool, contentMode: UIViewContentMode = .scaleAspectFit) -> UIImage {
            var width: CGFloat
            var height: CGFloat
            var newImage: UIImage

            let size = self.size
            let aspectRatio =  size.width/size.height

            switch contentMode {
                case .scaleAspectFit:
                    if aspectRatio > 1 {                            // Landscape image
                        width = dimension
                        height = dimension / aspectRatio
                    } else {                                        // Portrait image
                        height = dimension
                        width = dimension * aspectRatio
                    }

            default:
                fatalError("UIIMage.resizeToFit(): FATAL: Unimplemented ContentMode")
            }

            if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
                let renderFormat = UIGraphicsImageRendererFormat.default()
                renderFormat.opaque = opaque
                let renderer = UIGraphicsImageRenderer(size: CGSize(width: width, height: height), format: renderFormat)
                newImage = renderer.image {
                    (context) in
                    self.draw(in: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: width, height: height))
                }
            } else {
                UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(CGSize(width: width, height: height), opaque, 0)
                    self.draw(in: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: width, height: height))
                    newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
                UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
            }

            return newImage
        }
    }

Details

  • Xcode 10.2.1 (10E1001), Swift 5

Links

  • https://gist.github.com/eugenebokhan/5e62a0155754ae6aa6c3c13cf1744930
  • Image Resizing Techniques

Solution

import UIKit
import CoreGraphics
import Accelerate

extension UIImage {

    public enum ResizeFramework {
        case uikit, coreImage, coreGraphics, imageIO, accelerate
    }

    /// Resize image with ScaleAspectFit mode and given size.
    ///
    /// - Parameter dimension: width or length of the image output.
    /// - Parameter resizeFramework: Technique for image resizing: UIKit / CoreImage / CoreGraphics / ImageIO / Accelerate.
    /// - Returns: Resized image.

    func resizeWithScaleAspectFitMode(to dimension: CGFloat, resizeFramework: ResizeFramework = .coreGraphics) -> UIImage? {

        if max(size.width, size.height) <= dimension { return self }

        var newSize: CGSize!
        let aspectRatio = size.width/size.height

        if aspectRatio > 1 {
            // Landscape image
            newSize = CGSize(width: dimension, height: dimension / aspectRatio)
        } else {
            // Portrait image
            newSize = CGSize(width: dimension * aspectRatio, height: dimension)
        }

        return resize(to: newSize, with: resizeFramework)
    }

    /// Resize image from given size.
    ///
    /// - Parameter newSize: Size of the image output.
    /// - Parameter resizeFramework: Technique for image resizing: UIKit / CoreImage / CoreGraphics / ImageIO / Accelerate.
    /// - Returns: Resized image.
    public func resize(to newSize: CGSize, with resizeFramework: ResizeFramework = .coreGraphics) -> UIImage? {
        switch resizeFramework {
            case .uikit: return resizeWithUIKit(to: newSize)
            case .coreGraphics: return resizeWithCoreGraphics(to: newSize)
            case .coreImage: return resizeWithCoreImage(to: newSize)
            case .imageIO: return resizeWithImageIO(to: newSize)
            case .accelerate: return resizeWithAccelerate(to: newSize)
        }
    }

    // MARK: - UIKit

    /// Resize image from given size.
    ///
    /// - Parameter newSize: Size of the image output.
    /// - Returns: Resized image.
    private func resizeWithUIKit(to newSize: CGSize) -> UIImage? {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(newSize, true, 1.0)
        self.draw(in: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: newSize))
        defer { UIGraphicsEndImageContext() }
        return UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    }

    // MARK: - CoreImage

    /// Resize CI image from given size.
    ///
    /// - Parameter newSize: Size of the image output.
    /// - Returns: Resized image.
    // https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Reference/CoreImageFilterReference/index.html
    private func resizeWithCoreImage(to newSize: CGSize) -> UIImage? {
        guard let cgImage = cgImage, let filter = CIFilter(name: "CILanczosScaleTransform") else { return nil }

        let ciImage = CIImage(cgImage: cgImage)
        let scale = (Double)(newSize.width) / (Double)(ciImage.extent.size.width)

        filter.setValue(ciImage, forKey: kCIInputImageKey)
        filter.setValue(NSNumber(value:scale), forKey: kCIInputScaleKey)
        filter.setValue(1.0, forKey: kCIInputAspectRatioKey)
        guard let outputImage = filter.value(forKey: kCIOutputImageKey) as? CIImage else { return nil }
        let context = CIContext(options: [.useSoftwareRenderer: false])
        guard let resultCGImage = context.createCGImage(outputImage, from: outputImage.extent) else { return nil }
        return UIImage(cgImage: resultCGImage)
    }

    // MARK: - CoreGraphics

    /// Resize image from given size.
    ///
    /// - Parameter newSize: Size of the image output.
    /// - Returns: Resized image.
    private func resizeWithCoreGraphics(to newSize: CGSize) -> UIImage? {
        guard let cgImage = cgImage, let colorSpace = cgImage.colorSpace else { return nil }

        let width = Int(newSize.width)
        let height = Int(newSize.height)
        let bitsPerComponent = cgImage.bitsPerComponent
        let bytesPerRow = cgImage.bytesPerRow
        let bitmapInfo = cgImage.bitmapInfo

        guard let context = CGContext(data: nil, width: width, height: height,
                                      bitsPerComponent: bitsPerComponent,
                                      bytesPerRow: bytesPerRow, space: colorSpace,
                                      bitmapInfo: bitmapInfo.rawValue) else { return nil }
        context.interpolationQuality = .high
        let rect = CGRect(origin: CGPoint.zero, size: newSize)
        context.draw(cgImage, in: rect)

        return context.makeImage().flatMap { UIImage(cgImage: $0) }
    }

    // MARK: - ImageIO

    /// Resize image from given size.
    ///
    /// - Parameter newSize: Size of the image output.
    /// - Returns: Resized image.
    private func resizeWithImageIO(to newSize: CGSize) -> UIImage? {
        var resultImage = self

        guard let data = jpegData(compressionQuality: 1.0) else { return resultImage }
        let imageCFData = NSData(data: data) as CFData
        let options = [
            kCGImageSourceCreateThumbnailWithTransform: true,
            kCGImageSourceCreateThumbnailFromImageAlways: true,
            kCGImageSourceThumbnailMaxPixelSize: max(newSize.width, newSize.height)
            ] as CFDictionary
        guard   let source = CGImageSourceCreateWithData(imageCFData, nil),
                let imageReference = CGImageSourceCreateThumbnailAtIndex(source, 0, options) else { return resultImage }
        resultImage = UIImage(cgImage: imageReference)

        return resultImage
    }

    // MARK: - Accelerate

    /// Resize image from given size.
    ///
    /// - Parameter newSize: Size of the image output.
    /// - Returns: Resized image.
    private func resizeWithAccelerate(to newSize: CGSize) -> UIImage? {
        var resultImage = self

        guard let cgImage = cgImage, let colorSpace = cgImage.colorSpace else { return nil }

        // create a source buffer
        var format = vImage_CGImageFormat(bitsPerComponent: numericCast(cgImage.bitsPerComponent),
                                          bitsPerPixel: numericCast(cgImage.bitsPerPixel),
                                          colorSpace: Unmanaged.passUnretained(colorSpace),
                                          bitmapInfo: cgImage.bitmapInfo,
                                          version: 0,
                                          decode: nil,
                                          renderingIntent: .absoluteColorimetric)
        var sourceBuffer = vImage_Buffer()
        defer {
            sourceBuffer.data.deallocate()
        }

        var error = vImageBuffer_InitWithCGImage(&sourceBuffer, &format, nil, cgImage, numericCast(kvImageNoFlags))
        guard error == kvImageNoError else { return resultImage }

        // create a destination buffer
        let destWidth = Int(newSize.width)
        let destHeight = Int(newSize.height)
        let bytesPerPixel = cgImage.bitsPerPixel
        let destBytesPerRow = destWidth * bytesPerPixel
        let destData = UnsafeMutablePointer<UInt8>.allocate(capacity: destHeight * destBytesPerRow)
        defer {
            destData.deallocate()
        }
        var destBuffer = vImage_Buffer(data: destData, height: vImagePixelCount(destHeight), width: vImagePixelCount(destWidth), rowBytes: destBytesPerRow)

        // scale the image
        error = vImageScale_ARGB8888(&sourceBuffer, &destBuffer, nil, numericCast(kvImageHighQualityResampling))
        guard error == kvImageNoError else { return resultImage }

        // create a CGImage from vImage_Buffer
        let destCGImage = vImageCreateCGImageFromBuffer(&destBuffer, &format, nil, nil, numericCast(kvImageNoFlags), &error)?.takeRetainedValue()
        guard error == kvImageNoError else { return resultImage }

        // create a UIImage
        if let scaledImage = destCGImage.flatMap({ UIImage(cgImage: $0) }) {
            resultImage = scaledImage
        }

        return resultImage
    }
}

Usage

Get image size

import UIKit

// https://stackoverflow.com/a/55765409/4488252
extension UIImage {
    func getFileSizeInfo(allowedUnits: ByteCountFormatter.Units = .useMB,
                         countStyle: ByteCountFormatter.CountStyle = .memory,
                         compressionQuality: CGFloat = 1.0) -> String? {
        // https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/bytecountformatter
        let formatter = ByteCountFormatter()
        formatter.allowedUnits = allowedUnits
        formatter.countStyle = countStyle
        return getSizeInfo(formatter: formatter, compressionQuality: compressionQuality)
    }

    func getSizeInfo(formatter: ByteCountFormatter, compressionQuality: CGFloat = 1.0) -> String? {
        guard let imageData = jpegData(compressionQuality: compressionQuality) else { return nil }
        return formatter.string(fromByteCount: Int64(imageData.count))
    }
}

Test function

private func test() {
    guard let img = UIImage(named: "img") else { return }
    printInfo(of: img, title: "original image |")
    let dimension: CGFloat = 2000

    var framework: UIImage.ResizeFramework = .accelerate
    var startTime = Date()
    if let img = img.resizeWithScaleAspectFitMode(to: dimension, resizeFramework: framework) {
        printInfo(of: img, title: "resized image |", with: framework, startedTime: startTime)
    }

    framework = .coreGraphics
    startTime = Date()
    if let img = img.resizeWithScaleAspectFitMode(to: dimension, resizeFramework: framework) {
        printInfo(of: img, title: "resized image |", with: framework, startedTime: startTime)
    }

    framework = .coreImage
    startTime = Date()
    if let img = img.resizeWithScaleAspectFitMode(to: dimension, resizeFramework: framework) {
        printInfo(of: img, title: "resized image |", with: framework, startedTime: startTime)
    }

    framework = .imageIO
    startTime = Date()
    if let img = img.resizeWithScaleAspectFitMode(to: dimension, resizeFramework: framework) {
        printInfo(of: img, title: "resized image |", with: framework, startedTime: startTime)
    }

    framework = .uikit
    startTime = Date()
    if let img = img.resizeWithScaleAspectFitMode(to: dimension, resizeFramework: framework) {
        printInfo(of: img, title: "resized image |", with: framework, startedTime: startTime)
    }
}

private func printInfo(of image: UIImage, title: String, with resizeFramework: UIImage.ResizeFramework? = nil, startedTime: Date? = nil) {
    var description = "\(title) \(image.size)"
    if let startedTime = startedTime { description += ", execution time: \(Date().timeIntervalSince(startedTime))" }
    if let fileSize = image.getFileSizeInfo(compressionQuality: 0.9) { description += ", size: \(fileSize)" }
    if let resizeFramework = resizeFramework { description += ", framework: \(resizeFramework)" }
    print(description)
}

Output

original image | (5790.0, 8687.0), size: 17.1 MB
resized image | (1333.0, 2000.0), execution time: 0.8192930221557617, size: 1.1 MB, framework: accelerate
resized image | (1333.0, 2000.0), execution time: 0.44696998596191406, size: 1 MB, framework: coreGraphics
resized image | (1334.0, 2000.0), execution time: 54.172922015190125, size: 1.1 MB, framework: coreImage
resized image | (1333.0, 2000.0), execution time: 1.8765920400619507, size: 1.1 MB, framework: imageIO
resized image | (1334.0, 2000.0), execution time: 0.4638739824295044, size: 1 MB, framework: uikit

Since @KiritModi 's answer is from 2015, this is the Swift 3.0's version:

func resizeImage(image: UIImage, targetSize: CGSize) -> UIImage {
    let size = image.size

    let widthRatio  = targetSize.width  / image.size.width
    let heightRatio = targetSize.height / image.size.height

    // Figure out what our orientation is, and use that to form the rectangle
    var newSize: CGSize
    if(widthRatio > heightRatio) {
        newSize = CGSize(width: size.width * heightRatio, height: size.height * heightRatio)
    } else {
        newSize = CGSize(width: size.width * widthRatio,  height: size.height * widthRatio)
    }

    // This is the rect that we've calculated out and this is what is actually used below
    let rect = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: newSize.width, height: newSize.height)

    // Actually do the resizing to the rect using the ImageContext stuff
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(newSize, false, 1.0)
    image.draw(in: rect)
    let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

    return newImage!
}