How to rotate UIImage

Question

I\'m developing an iOS app for iPad. Is there any way to rotate a UIImage 90º and then add it to a UIImageView? I\'ve tried a lot of different codes but none worked...

Answer 1

This will rotate an image by any given degrees.

Note this works 2x and 3x retina as well

- (UIImage *)imageRotatedByDegrees:(CGFloat)degrees {
    CGFloat radians = DegreesToRadians(degrees);

    UIView *rotatedViewBox = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0, self.size.width, self.size.height)];
    CGAffineTransform t = CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(radians);
    rotatedViewBox.transform = t;
    CGSize rotatedSize = rotatedViewBox.frame.size;

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(rotatedSize, NO, [[UIScreen mainScreen] scale]);
    CGContextRef 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 );

    UIImage *newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return newImage;
}