UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions and UIImageJPEGRepresentation not working well together - iphone

Question

So i have this code to create a UIImage:
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(border.frame.size, YES, 0);
[border.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
UIImage *thumbnailImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
At this point, the size on the image is correct, 80x100.
Then it runs this code:
NSData *fullImageData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(image, 1.0f);
And the NSData of the image returns an image at the size 160x200 - twice as much as it should be.
It's became clear the reason for this is the line:
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(border.frame.size, YES, 0);
The 0 on the end is the scale, and because it's 0 it goes by the devices scale factor. I keep it this way to maintain a clear image. However, when i set the image to 1, despite the image staying the size it should, it doesn't come out in retina quality. What i want to do is keep it in retina quality, but also keep it at the right size. Is there a way to do this?

Answer 1

Try resizing the UIImage before calling UIImageJPEGRepresentation
- (UIImage *)resizeImage:(UIImage*)image newSize:(CGSize)newSize {
CGRect newRect = CGRectIntegral(CGRectMake(0, 0, newSize.width, newSize.height));
CGImageRef imageRef = image.CGImage;
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(newSize, NO, 0);
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
// Set the quality level to use when rescaling
CGContextSetInterpolationQuality(context, kCGInterpolationHigh);
CGAffineTransform flipVertical = CGAffineTransformMake(1, 0, 0, -1, 0, newSize.height);
CGContextConcatCTM(context, flipVertical);
// Draw into the context; this scales the image
CGContextDrawImage(context, newRect, imageRef);
// Get the resized image from the context and a UIImage
CGImageRef newImageRef = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(context);
UIImage *newImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:newImageRef];
CGImageRelease(newImageRef);
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
return newImage;
}
if([UIScreen mainScreen].scale > 1)
{
thumbnailImage = [self thumbnailImage newSize:CGSizeMake(thumbnailImage.size.width/[UIScreen mainScreen].scale, thumbnailImage.size.height/[UIScreen mainScreen].scale)];
}

Answer 2

- (UIImage *)imageWithImage{
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(newSize, NO, 0.0);
[image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, newSize.width, newSize.height)];
UIImage *newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
return newImage;
}