How can i take an UIImage and give it a black bord

Question

How can I set the border of a UIImage?

Answer 1

//you need to import

QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h

& then for ImageView in border

[imageView.layer setBorderColor: [[UIColor blackColor] CGColor]];

[imageView.layer setBorderWidth: 2.0];

[imageView.layer setCornerRadius: 5.0];

Answer 2

For those looking for a plug-and-play solution on UIImage, I wrote CodyMace's answer as an extension.

Usage: let outlined = UIImage(named: "something")?.outline()

extension UIImage {

    func outline() -> UIImage? {

        let size = CGSize(width: self.size.width, height: self.size.height)
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(size)
        let rect = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width, height: size.height)
        self.draw(in: rect, blendMode: .normal, alpha: 1.0)
        let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
        context?.setStrokeColor(red: 0, green: 0, blue: 0, alpha: 1)
        context?.stroke(rect)
        let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

        return newImage

    }

}

Answer 3

I have created a class which adds a border to imageView h. Use this class instead of UIImageView.I have given a padding of 4. You can give as per your wish.

class UIBorderImageView: UIView {

private lazy var imageView: UIImageView = {
    let imageView = UIImageView()
    imageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit
    imageView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
    return imageView
}()

override init(frame: CGRect) {
    super.init(frame: frame)
    self.backgroundColor = UIColor.White()
    self.layer.borderColor = UIColor.GreyMedium().cgColor
    self.layer.borderWidth = 1.0
    self.layer.cornerRadius = 4.0
    self.layer.masksToBounds = true
    self.setUpViews()
}

required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
    fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}

private func setUpViews(){
    self.addSubview(imageView)
    self.addConstraintsWithFormat(format: "H:|-4-[v0]-4-|", views: imageView)
    self.addConstraintsWithFormat(format: "V:|-4-[v0]-4-|", views: imageView)
}

func configureImageViewWith(image:UIImage){
    self.imageview.image = image 
}}

Answer 4

With OS > 3.0 you can do this:

//you need this import
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>

[imageView.layer setBorderColor: [[UIColor blackColor] CGColor]];
[imageView.layer setBorderWidth: 2.0];

Answer 5

imageView_ProfileImage.layer.cornerRadius =10.0f;
imageView_ProfileImage.layer.borderColor = [[UIColor blackColor] CGColor];
imageView_ProfileImage.layer.borderWidth =.4f;
imageView_ProfileImage.layer.masksToBounds = YES;

Answer 6

all these answers work fine BUT add a rect to an image. Suppose You have a shape (in my case a butterfly) and You want to add a border (a red border):

we need two steps: 1) take the image, convert to CGImage, pass to a function to draw offscreen in a context using CoreGraphics, and give back a new CGImage

2) convert to uiimage back and draw:

// remember to release object!
+ (CGImageRef)createResizedCGImage:(CGImageRef)image toWidth:(int)width
andHeight:(int)height
{
// create context, keeping original image properties
CGColorSpaceRef colorspace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(NULL, width,
                                             height,
                                             8
                                             4 * width,
                                             colorspace,
                                             kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedFirst
                                             );

 CGColorSpaceRelease(colorspace);

if(context == NULL)
    return nil;

// draw image to context (resizing it)
CGContextSetInterpolationQuality(context, kCGInterpolationDefault);

CGSize offset = CGSizeMake(2,2);
CGFloat blur = 4;   
CGColorRef color = [UIColor redColor].CGColor;
CGContextSetShadowWithColor ( context, offset, blur, color);

CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake(0, 0, width, height), image);
// extract resulting image from context
CGImageRef imgRef = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(context);
CGContextRelease(context);
return imgRef;

}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0,0,160, 122);
UIImage * img = [UIImage imageNamed:@"butterfly"]; // take low res OR high res, but frame should be the low-res one.
imgV = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithFrame:frame];
[imgV setImage: img];
imgV.center = self.view.center;
[self.view addSubview: imgV];

frame.size.width = frame.size.width * 1.3;
frame.size.height = frame.size.height* 1.3;
CGImageRef cgImage =[ViewController createResizedCGImage:[img CGImage] toWidth:frame.size.width andHeight: frame.size.height ];

imgV2 = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithFrame:frame];
[imgV2 setImage: [UIImage imageWithCGImage:cgImage] ];

// release:
if (cgImage) CGImageRelease(cgImage);

[self.view addSubview: imgV2];

}

I added a normal butterfly and a red-bordered bigger butterfly.