UIImage: Resize, then Crop

Question

I\'ve been bashing my face into this one for literally days now and even though I feel constantly that I am right on the edge of revelation, I simply cannot achieve my goal.

Answer 1

- (UIImage*)imageScale:(CGFloat)scaleFactor cropForSize:(CGSize)targetSize
{
    targetSize = !targetSize.width?self.size:targetSize;
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(targetSize); // this will crop

    CGRect thumbnailRect = CGRectZero;

    thumbnailRect.size.width  = targetSize.width*scaleFactor;
    thumbnailRect.size.height = targetSize.height*scaleFactor;
    CGFloat xOffset = (targetSize.width- thumbnailRect.size.width)/2;
    CGFloat yOffset = (targetSize.height- thumbnailRect.size.height)/2;
    thumbnailRect.origin = CGPointMake(xOffset,yOffset);

    [self drawInRect:thumbnailRect];

    UIImage *newImage  = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();

    if(newImage == nil)
    {
        NSLog(@"could not scale image");
    }

    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return newImage;
}

Below the example of work: Left image - (origin image) ; Right image with scale x2

If you want to scale image but retain its frame(proportions), call method this way:

[yourImage imageScale:2.0f cropForSize:CGSizeZero];