How do I resize the UIImage to reduce upload image

Question

I've been searching google, and have only come across libraries that either reduce the height/width or some how edit the UIImage appearance via CoreImage. But I have not seen or found one library, post that explains how to reduce image size so when it uploads, it's not the full image size.

so far I have this:

        if image != nil {
        //let data = NSData(data: UIImagePNGRepresentation(image))
        let data = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image)
        body.appendString("--\(boundary)\r\n")
        body.appendString("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"image\"; filename=\"randomName\"\r\n")
        body.appendString("Content-Type: image/png\r\n\r\n")
        body.appendData(data)
        body.appendString("\r\n")
    }

and it's sending 12MB photos. How can I reduce this to 1mb? thanks!

Answer 1

same as Leo Answer but little edits for SWIFT 2.0

 extension UIImage {
    func resizeWithPercentage(percentage: CGFloat) -> UIImage? {
        let imageView = UIImageView(frame: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: CGSize(width: size.width * percentage, height: size.height * percentage)))
        imageView.contentMode = .ScaleAspectFit
        imageView.image = self
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(imageView.bounds.size, false, scale)
        guard let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext() else { return nil }
        imageView.layer.renderInContext(context)
        guard let result = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext() else { return nil }
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return result
    }

    func resizeWithWidth(width: CGFloat) -> UIImage? {
        let imageView = UIImageView(frame: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: CGSize(width: width, height: CGFloat(ceil(width/size.width * size.height)))))
        imageView.contentMode = .ScaleAspectFit
        imageView.image = self
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(imageView.bounds.size, false, scale)
        guard let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext() else { return nil }
        imageView.layer.renderInContext(context)
        guard let result = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext() else { return nil }
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return result
    }
}

Answer 2

In case someone is looking for resizing image to less than 1MB with Swift 3 and 4.

Just copy&paste this extension:

extension UIImage {

func resized(withPercentage percentage: CGFloat) -> UIImage? {
    let canvasSize = CGSize(width: size.width * percentage, height: size.height * percentage)
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(canvasSize, false, scale)
    defer { UIGraphicsEndImageContext() }
    draw(in: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: canvasSize))
    return UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
}

func resizedTo1MB() -> UIImage? {
    guard let imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(self) else { return nil }

    var resizingImage = self
    var imageSizeKB = Double(imageData.count) / 1000.0 // ! Or devide for 1024 if you need KB but not kB

    while imageSizeKB > 1000 { // ! Or use 1024 if you need KB but not kB
        guard let resizedImage = resizingImage.resized(withPercentage: 0.9),
            let imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(resizedImage)
            else { return nil }

        resizingImage = resizedImage
        imageSizeKB = Double(imageData.count) / 1000.0 // ! Or devide for 1024 if you need KB but not kB
    }

    return resizingImage
}
}

And use:

let resizedImage = originalImage.resizedTo1MB()

Answer 3

Xcode 8.2.1 • Swift 3.0.2

extension UIImage {
    func resized(withPercentage percentage: CGFloat) -> UIImage? {
        let canvasSize = CGSize(width: size.width * percentage, height: size.height * percentage)
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(canvasSize, false, scale)
        defer { UIGraphicsEndImageContext() }
        draw(in: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: canvasSize))
        return UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    }
    func resized(toWidth width: CGFloat) -> UIImage? {
        let canvasSize = CGSize(width: width, height: CGFloat(ceil(width/size.width * size.height)))
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(canvasSize, false, scale)
        defer { UIGraphicsEndImageContext() }
        draw(in: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: canvasSize))
        return UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    }
}

Usage:

let myPicture = UIImage(data: try! Data(contentsOf: URL(string:"http://i.stack.imgur.com/Xs4RX.jpg")!))!

let myThumb1 = myPicture.resized(withPercentage: 0.1)
let myThumb2 = myPicture.resized(toWidth: 72.0)