iOS UIImage Creating UIImage

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Example

With local image

Swift

let image = UIImage(named: "imageFromBundleOrAsset")

Objective-C

UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"imageFromBundleOrAsset"];

Note

The method imageNamed caches the image's contents to memory. Loading many large images that way can cause low memory warnings which can lead the app to be terminated. This can be fixed by utilising the method imageWithContentsOfFile of UIImage, which doesn't use caching.

With NSData

Swift

let imageData = Data(base64Encoded: imageString, options: Data.Base64DecodingOptions.ignoreUnknownCharacters)

let image = UIImage(data: imageData!)

With UIColor

Swift

let color = UIColor.red
let size = CGSize(width: 200, height: 200)
    
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, 0.0)
UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!.setFillColor(color.cgColor)
UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!.fill(CGRect(origin: .zero, size: size))
let colorImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

Objective-C

UIColor *color=[UIColor redColor];
CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 80, 100);
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(frame.size);
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, [color CGColor]);
CGContextFillRect(context, frame);
UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

With file content

Objective-C

Example:

UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:[cellCountry objectForKey:@"Country_Flag"] ofType:nil]];

Using Array:

Example:

NSMutableArray *imageArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

for (int imageNumber = 1; self.myPhoto != nil; imageNumber++) {
    NSString *fileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@.jpg", self.myPhoto];

    // check if a file exists
    if ([UIImage imageNamed:fileName]) {
        // if it exists, add it to the array
        [imageArray addObject:[UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle]pathForResource:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", fileName] ofType:@""]]];
    } else {
        break;
    }
}

//Using image array for animations here:

self.myImageView.animationImages = imageArray;


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