How to take a snapshot from UIImage of a UIImageView that is scaleAspectFit mode? - swift

Question

I have an image in a UIImageView:
imageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit
imageView.backgroundColor = .red
because of .scaleAspectFit the image view has some red borders and thats OK:
User can added some UIView like label or images over the imageView.
In final step I used the following code to save edited image and user can share it or save it to photo library:
private func generateImage() -> UIImage? {
var finalImage: UIImage?
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(CGSize(width: imageView.frame.size.width, height: imageView.frame.size.height), true, 0)
imageView.drawHierarchy(in: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: imageView.frame.size.width, height: imageView.frame.size.height), afterScreenUpdates: true)
finalImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
return image
}
The problem is that the finalImage still has the red borders from imageView.

Answer 1

You can get CGRect of the UIImage displayed in the UIImageView in AspectFit content mode. Please create extension of UIImageView like this,
extension UIImageView {
var contentClippingRect: CGRect {
guard let image = image else { return bounds }
guard contentMode == .scaleAspectFit else { return bounds }
guard image.size.width > 0 && image.size.height > 0 else { return bounds }
let scale: CGFloat
if image.size.width > image.size.height {
scale = bounds.width / image.size.width
} else {
scale = bounds.height / image.size.height
}
let size = CGSize(width: image.size.width * scale, height: image.size.height * scale)
let x = (bounds.width - size.width) / 2.0
let y = (bounds.height - size.height) / 2.0
return CGRect(x: x, y: y, width: size.width, height: size.height)
}
}
You can now use imageView.contentClippingRect to read how read the position and size of the image inside.
You have to do minor changes in your method, call your function with appropriate bounds as contentClippingRect.
Let me know in case of any queries.
UPDATE
Please try this UIImageView+Extension, this might help you. It is in Objective-C code, convert it in Swift.
You can try this as well,
let image = #imageLiteral(resourceName: "Cat03")
let x: CGRect = AVMakeRect(aspectRatio: image.size, insideRect: imageView1.frame)
print(x)
Above code gives you size perfectly.