I am writing a Mac app based on an iOS app. The code below converts a UIImage to NSData to upload to Parse.com.
I would like to do the same for Mac but I do not seem to be able to convert it to NSData. What should I be doing?
Thanks
var image = UIImage(named: "SmudgeInc")
let imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image)
let imageFile = PFFile(name:"image.png", data:imageData)
You can use the NSImage
property TIFFRepresentation to convert your NSImage
to NSData
:
let myImageData = yourImage.TIFFRepresentation!
If you need to save your image data to a PNG file you can use NSBitmapImageRep(data:)
and representationUsingType
to create an extension to help you convert Data
to PNG format:
Update: Xcode 8.2.1 • Swift 3.0.2
extension NSBitmapImageRep {
var png: Data? {
return representation(using: .png, properties: [:])
}
}
extension Data {
var bitmap: NSBitmapImageRep? {
return NSBitmapImageRep(data: self)
}
}
extension NSImage {
var png: Data? {
return tiffRepresentation?.bitmap?.png
}
func savePNG(to url: URL) -> Bool {
do {
try png?.write(to: url)
return true
} catch {
print(error)
return false
}
}
}
usage
let picture = NSImage(contentsOf: URL(string: "https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xs4RX.jpg")!)!
let imageURL = FileManager.default.urls(for: .desktopDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first!.appendingPathComponent("image.png")
if picture.savePNG(to: imageURL) {
print("image saved as PNG")
}