iOS UIImagePickerController result image orientation after upload

Question

I am testing my iPhone application on an iOS 3.1.3 iPhone. I am selecting/capturing an image using a UIImagePickerController:

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Answer 1

Solution for Swift 3.1 for orientation issue while capturing the image from Camera.

I have updated the solution given by jake and Metal Heart

UIImage extension

//MARK:- Image Orientation fix

extension UIImage {

    func fixOrientation() -> UIImage {

        // No-op if the orientation is already correct
        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.up ) {
            return self;
        }

        // We need to calculate the proper transformation to make the image upright.
        // We do it in 2 steps: Rotate if Left/Right/Down, and then flip if Mirrored.
        var transform: CGAffineTransform = CGAffineTransform.identity

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.down || self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.downMirrored ) {
            transform = transform.translatedBy(x: self.size.width, y: self.size.height)
            transform = transform.rotated(by: CGFloat(Double.pi))
        }

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.left || self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.leftMirrored ) {
            transform = transform.translatedBy(x: self.size.width, y: 0)
            transform = transform.rotated(by: CGFloat(Double.pi / 2.0))
        }

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.right || self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.rightMirrored ) {
            transform = transform.translatedBy(x: 0, y: self.size.height);
            transform = transform.rotated(by: CGFloat(-Double.pi / 2.0));
        }

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.upMirrored || self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.downMirrored ) {
            transform = transform.translatedBy(x: self.size.width, y: 0)
            transform = transform.scaledBy(x: -1, y: 1)
        }

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.leftMirrored || self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.rightMirrored ) {
            transform = transform.translatedBy(x: self.size.height, y: 0);
            transform = transform.scaledBy(x: -1, y: 1);
        }

        // Now we draw the underlying CGImage into a new context, applying the transform
        // calculated above.
        let ctx: CGContext = CGContext(data: nil, width: Int(self.size.width), height: Int(self.size.height),
                                                      bitsPerComponent: self.cgImage!.bitsPerComponent, bytesPerRow: 0,
                                                      space: self.cgImage!.colorSpace!,
                                                      bitmapInfo: self.cgImage!.bitmapInfo.rawValue)!;

        ctx.concatenate(transform)

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.left ||
            self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.leftMirrored ||
            self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.right ||
            self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.rightMirrored ) {
            ctx.draw(self.cgImage!, in: CGRect(x: 0,y: 0,width: self.size.height,height: self.size.width))
        } else {
            ctx.draw(self.cgImage!, in: CGRect(x: 0,y: 0,width: self.size.width,height: self.size.height))
        }

        // And now we just create a new UIImage from the drawing context and return it
        return UIImage(cgImage: ctx.makeImage()!)
    }
}

Swift 2.0

//MARK:- Image Orientation fix

extension UIImage {

    func fixOrientation() -> UIImage {

        // No-op if the orientation is already correct
        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.Up ) {
            return self;
        }

        // We need to calculate the proper transformation to make the image upright.
        // We do it in 2 steps: Rotate if Left/Right/Down, and then flip if Mirrored.
        var transform: CGAffineTransform = CGAffineTransformIdentity

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.Down || self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.DownMirrored ) {
            transform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(transform, self.size.width, self.size.height)
            transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, CGFloat(M_PI))
        }

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.Left || self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.LeftMirrored ) {
            transform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(transform, self.size.width, 0)
            transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, CGFloat(M_PI_2))
        }

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.Right || self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.RightMirrored ) {
            transform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(transform, 0, self.size.height);
            transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform,  CGFloat(-M_PI_2));
        }

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.UpMirrored || self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.DownMirrored ) {
            transform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(transform, self.size.width, 0)
            transform = CGAffineTransformScale(transform, -1, 1)
        }

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.LeftMirrored || self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.RightMirrored ) {
            transform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(transform, self.size.height, 0);
            transform = CGAffineTransformScale(transform, -1, 1);
        }

        // Now we draw the underlying CGImage into a new context, applying the transform
        // calculated above.
        let ctx: CGContextRef = CGBitmapContextCreate(nil, Int(self.size.width), Int(self.size.height),
            CGImageGetBitsPerComponent(self.CGImage), 0,
            CGImageGetColorSpace(self.CGImage),
            CGImageGetBitmapInfo(self.CGImage).rawValue)!;

        CGContextConcatCTM(ctx, transform)

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.Left ||
            self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.LeftMirrored ||
            self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.Right ||
            self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.RightMirrored ) {
                CGContextDrawImage(ctx, CGRectMake(0,0,self.size.height,self.size.width), self.CGImage)
        } else {
            CGContextDrawImage(ctx, CGRectMake(0,0,self.size.width,self.size.height), self.CGImage)
        }

        // And now we just create a new UIImage from the drawing context and return it
        return UIImage(CGImage: CGBitmapContextCreateImage(ctx)!)
    }
}

Use of this UIImage Extension in your code:

let fixOrientationImage=chosenImage.fixOrientation()

place this in your delegate methods of image picker like this

Swift 3.1

//MARK: Image Picker Delegates
    func imagePickerController(
        _ picker: UIImagePickerController,
        didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : Any]){
        let chosenImage = info[UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage] as! UIImage
        profileImg.contentMode = .scaleAspectFill
        let fixOrientationImage=chosenImage.fixOrientation()
        profileImg.image = fixOrientationImage

        dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
    }

Swift 2.0

//MARK: Image Picker Delegates
    func imagePickerController(
        picker: UIImagePickerController,
        didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : AnyObject])
    {
        let chosenImage = info[UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage] as! UIImage
        profileImg.contentMode = .ScaleAspectFill
        **//Fix the image orientation**
         let fixOrientationImage=chosenImage.fixOrientation()
        profileImg.image = fixOrientationImage

        dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
    }

Answer 2

Swift 3 version based on @jake1981 who've taken it from @MetalHeart2003

extension UIImage {

    func fixOrientation() -> UIImage {

        // No-op if the orientation is already correct
        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.up ) {
            return self;
        }

        // We need to calculate the proper transformation to make the image upright.
        // We do it in 2 steps: Rotate if Left/Right/Down, and then flip if Mirrored.

        var transform: CGAffineTransform = CGAffineTransform.identity

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.down || self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.downMirrored ) {
            transform = transform.translatedBy(x: self.size.width, y: self.size.height)
            transform = transform.rotated(by: CGFloat(M_PI))
        }

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.left || self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.leftMirrored ) {
            transform = transform.translatedBy(x: self.size.width, y: 0)
            transform = transform.rotated(by: CGFloat(M_PI_2))
        }

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.right || self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.rightMirrored ) {
            transform = transform.translatedBy(x: 0, y: self.size.height);
            transform = transform.rotated(by: CGFloat(-M_PI_2));
        }

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.upMirrored || self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.downMirrored ) {
            transform = transform.translatedBy(x: self.size.width, y: 0)
            transform = transform.scaledBy(x: -1, y: 1)
        }

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.leftMirrored || self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.rightMirrored ) {
            transform = transform.translatedBy(x: self.size.height, y: 0);
            transform = transform.scaledBy(x: -1, y: 1);
        }

        // Now we draw the underlying CGImage into a new context, applying the transform
        // calculated above.
        let ctx: CGContext = CGContext(data: nil, width: Int(self.size.width), height: Int(self.size.height),
                                       bitsPerComponent: self.cgImage!.bitsPerComponent, bytesPerRow: 0,
                                       space: self.cgImage!.colorSpace!,
                                       bitmapInfo: self.cgImage!.bitmapInfo.rawValue)!
        ctx.concatenate(transform)

        if ( self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.left ||
            self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.leftMirrored ||
            self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.right ||
            self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientation.rightMirrored ) {

            ctx.draw(self.cgImage!, in: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: self.size.height, height: self.size.width))
        } else {
            ctx.draw(self.cgImage!, in: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: self.size.width, height: self.size.height))
        }

        // And now we just create a new UIImage from the drawing context and return it
        return UIImage(cgImage: ctx.makeImage()!)

    }
}

Answer 3

If you enable editing, then the edited image (as opposed to the original) will be oriented as expected:

UIImagePickerController *imagePickerController = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
imagePickerController.allowsEditing = YES;
// set delegate and present controller

- (void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info {
    UIImage *photo = [info valueForKey:UIImagePickerControllerEditedImage];
    // do whatever
}

Enabling editing allows the user to resize and move the image before tapping "Use Photo"

Answer 4

Here is an UIImage extension in Swift 2 based on the accepted answer by @Anomie. It uses a clearer switch case. It also takes the optional value returned by CGBitmapContextCreateImage() into consideration.

extension UIImage {
    func rotateImageByOrientation() -> UIImage {
        // No-op if the orientation is already correct
        guard self.imageOrientation != .Up else {
            return self
        }

        // We need to calculate the proper transformation to make the image upright.
        // We do it in 2 steps: Rotate if Left/Right/Down, and then flip if Mirrored.
        var transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;

        switch (self.imageOrientation) {
        case .Down, .DownMirrored:
            transform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(transform, self.size.width, self.size.height)
            transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, CGFloat(M_PI))

        case .Left, .LeftMirrored:
            transform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(transform, self.size.width, 0)
            transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, CGFloat(M_PI_2))

        case .Right, .RightMirrored:
            transform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(transform, 0, self.size.height)
            transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, CGFloat(-M_PI_2))

        default:
            break
        }

        switch (self.imageOrientation) {
        case .UpMirrored, .DownMirrored:
            transform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(transform, self.size.width, 0)
            transform = CGAffineTransformScale(transform, -1, 1)

        case .LeftMirrored, .RightMirrored:
            transform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(transform, self.size.height, 0)
            transform = CGAffineTransformScale(transform, -1, 1)

        default:
            break
        }

        // Now we draw the underlying CGImage into a new context, applying the transform
        // calculated above.
        let ctx = CGBitmapContextCreate(nil, Int(self.size.width), Int(self.size.height),
            CGImageGetBitsPerComponent(self.CGImage), 0,
            CGImageGetColorSpace(self.CGImage),
            CGImageGetBitmapInfo(self.CGImage).rawValue)
        CGContextConcatCTM(ctx, transform)
        switch (self.imageOrientation) {
        case .Left, .LeftMirrored, .Right, .RightMirrored:
            CGContextDrawImage(ctx, CGRectMake(0,0,self.size.height,self.size.width), self.CGImage)

        default:
            CGContextDrawImage(ctx, CGRectMake(0,0,self.size.width,self.size.height), self.CGImage)
        }

        // And now we just create a new UIImage from the drawing context
        if let cgImage = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(ctx) {
            return UIImage(CGImage: cgImage)
        } else {
            return self
        }
    }
}

Answer 5

I achieve this by writing below a few lines of code

extension UIImage {

    public func correctlyOrientedImage() -> UIImage {
        guard imageOrientation != .up else { return self }

        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, scale)
        draw(in: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: size))
        let normalizedImage: UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

        return normalizedImage
    }
}

Answer 6

I transposed this into Xamarin:

private static UIImage FixImageOrientation(UIImage image)
    {
        if (image.Orientation == UIImageOrientation.Up)
        {
            return image;
        }

        var transform = CGAffineTransform.MakeIdentity();

        float pi = (float)Math.PI;

        switch (image.Orientation)
        {
            case UIImageOrientation.Down:
            case UIImageOrientation.DownMirrored:
                transform = CGAffineTransform.Translate(transform, image.Size.Width, image.Size.Height);
                transform = CGAffineTransform.Rotate(transform, pi);
                break;

            case UIImageOrientation.Left:
            case UIImageOrientation.LeftMirrored:
                transform = CGAffineTransform.Translate(transform, image.Size.Width, 0);
                transform = CGAffineTransform.Rotate(transform, pi / 2);
                break;

            case UIImageOrientation.Right:
            case UIImageOrientation.RightMirrored:
                transform = CGAffineTransform.Translate(transform, 0, image.Size.Height);
                transform = CGAffineTransform.Rotate(transform, -(pi / 2));
                break;
        }

        switch (image.Orientation)
        {
            case UIImageOrientation.UpMirrored:
            case UIImageOrientation.DownMirrored:
                transform = CGAffineTransform.Translate(transform, image.Size.Width, 0);
                transform = CGAffineTransform.Scale(transform, -1, 1);
                break;

            case UIImageOrientation.LeftMirrored:
            case UIImageOrientation.RightMirrored:
                transform = CGAffineTransform.Translate(transform, image.Size.Height, 0);
                transform = CGAffineTransform.Scale(transform, -1, 1);
                break;
        }

        var ctx = new CGBitmapContext(null, (nint)image.Size.Width, (nint)image.Size.Height, image.CGImage.BitsPerComponent,
            image.CGImage.BytesPerRow, image.CGImage.ColorSpace, image.CGImage.BitmapInfo);

        ctx.ConcatCTM(transform);

        switch (image.Orientation)
        {
            case UIImageOrientation.Left:
            case UIImageOrientation.LeftMirrored:
            case UIImageOrientation.Right:
            case UIImageOrientation.RightMirrored:
                ctx.DrawImage(new CGRect(0, 0, image.Size.Height, image.Size.Width), image.CGImage);
                break;

            default:
                ctx.DrawImage(new CGRect(0, 0, image.Size.Width, image.Size.Height), image.CGImage);
                break;
        }

        var cgimg = ctx.ToImage();
        var img = new UIImage(cgimg);

        ctx.Dispose();
        ctx = null;
        cgimg.Dispose();
        cgimg = null;

        return img;
    }