Losing image orientation while converting an image to CGImage

Question

I\'m facing an image orientation issue when cropping a square portion of an image out of a rectangular original image. When image is in landscape, it\'s fine. But when it is

Answer 1

SWIFT 3:

convert rotated cgImage to UIImage by this method

UIImage(cgImage:croppedCGImage, scale:originalImage.scale, orientation:originalImage.imageOrientation)

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