How to Rotate a UIImage 90 degrees?

Question

I have a UIImage that is UIImageOrientationUp (portrait) that I would like to rotate counter-clockwise by 90 degrees (to landscape). I don\'t want

Answer 1

Here is a Swift extension to UIImage that rotates the image by any arbitrary angle. Use it like this: let rotatedImage = image.rotated(byDegrees: degree). I used the Objective-C code in one of the other answers and removed a few lines that we incorrect (rotated box stuff) and turned it into an extension for UIImage.

extension UIImage {

func rotate(byDegrees degree: Double) -> UIImage {
    let radians = CGFloat(degree*M_PI)/180.0 as CGFloat
    let rotatedSize = self.size
    let scale = UIScreen.mainScreen().scale
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(rotatedSize, false, scale)
    let bitmap = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
    CGContextTranslateCTM(bitmap, rotatedSize.width / 2, rotatedSize.height / 2);
    CGContextRotateCTM(bitmap, radians);
    CGContextScaleCTM(bitmap, 1.0, -1.0);
    CGContextDrawImage(bitmap, CGRectMake(-self.size.width / 2, -self.size.height / 2 , self.size.width, self.size.height), self.CGImage );
    let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()

    return newImage
}
}