Getting a Black and White UIImage (Not Grayscale)

Question

I need to get a pure black and white UIImage from another UIImage (not grayscale). Anyone can help me?

Thanks for reading.

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Answer 1

Here's a swift 3 solution:

class func pureBlackAndWhiteImage(_ inputImage: UIImage) -> UIImage? {

    guard let inputCGImage = inputImage.cgImage, let context = getImageContext(for: inputCGImage), let data = context.data else { return nil }

    let white = RGBA32(red: 255, green: 255, blue: 255, alpha: 255)
    let black = RGBA32(red: 0, green: 0, blue: 0, alpha: 255)

    let width = Int(inputCGImage.width)
    let height = Int(inputCGImage.height)
    let pixelBuffer = data.bindMemory(to: RGBA32.self, capacity: width * height)

    for x in 0 ..< height {
        for y in 0 ..< width {
            let offset = x * width + y
            if pixelBuffer[offset].red > 0 || pixelBuffer[offset].green > 0 || pixelBuffer[offset].blue > 0 {
                pixelBuffer[offset] = black
            } else {
                pixelBuffer[offset] = white
            }
        }
    }

    let outputCGImage = context.makeImage()
    let outputImage = UIImage(cgImage: outputCGImage!, scale: inputImage.scale, orientation: inputImage.imageOrientation)

    return outputImage
}

class func getImageContext(for inputCGImage: CGImage) ->CGContext? {

    let colorSpace       = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB()
    let width            = inputCGImage.width
    let height           = inputCGImage.height
    let bytesPerPixel    = 4
    let bitsPerComponent = 8
    let bytesPerRow      = bytesPerPixel * width
    let bitmapInfo       = RGBA32.bitmapInfo

    guard let context = CGContext(data: nil, width: width, height: height, bitsPerComponent: bitsPerComponent, bytesPerRow: bytesPerRow, space: colorSpace, bitmapInfo: bitmapInfo) else {
        print("unable to create context")
        return nil
    }

    context.setBlendMode(.copy)
    context.draw(inputCGImage, in: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: CGFloat(width), height: CGFloat(height)))

    return context
}

struct RGBA32: Equatable {
    var color: UInt32

    var red: UInt8 {
        return UInt8((color >> 24) & 255)
    }

    var green: UInt8 {
        return UInt8((color >> 16) & 255)
    }

    var blue: UInt8 {
        return UInt8((color >> 8) & 255)
    }

    var alpha: UInt8 {
        return UInt8((color >> 0) & 255)
    }

    init(red: UInt8, green: UInt8, blue: UInt8, alpha: UInt8) {
        color = (UInt32(red) << 24) | (UInt32(green) << 16) | (UInt32(blue) << 8) | (UInt32(alpha) << 0)
    }

    static let bitmapInfo = CGImageAlphaInfo.premultipliedLast.rawValue | CGBitmapInfo.byteOrder32Little.rawValue
}

func ==(lhs: RGBA32, rhs: RGBA32) -> Bool {
    return lhs.color == rhs.color
}