Creating a thumbnail from UIImage using CGImageSourceCreateThumbnailAtIndex

Question

I want to use the function CGImageSourceCreateThumbnailAtIndex to create a thumbnail from an UIImage. All I have is the UIImage itself. Th

Answer 1

Swift 5.1 extension

based on Ivan's answer

extension UIImage {

  func getThumbnail() -> UIImage? {

    guard let imageData = self.pngData() else { return nil }

    let options = [
        kCGImageSourceCreateThumbnailWithTransform: true,
        kCGImageSourceCreateThumbnailFromImageAlways: true,
        kCGImageSourceThumbnailMaxPixelSize: 300] as CFDictionary

    guard let source = CGImageSourceCreateWithData(imageData as CFData, nil) else { return nil }
    guard let imageReference = CGImageSourceCreateThumbnailAtIndex(source, 0, options) else { return nil }

    return UIImage(cgImage: imageReference)

  }
}