Making a UIImage to a circle form

Question

I have been trying to mask a UIImage into a circle. I'm using now the code that has been popular on other answers here, but although I do get a circle its edges are very jagged and not smooth. Anyone can help? I do I get a perfect, smooth circle?

The code I'm using to create the mask is:

  (UIImage*) maskImage:(UIImage *)image withMask:(UIImage *)maskImage {

    CGImageRef imageNoAlpha = image.CGImage;

    CGColorSpaceRef cs = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();

    CGFloat width = CGImageGetWidth(imageNoAlpha);
    CGFloat height = CGImageGetWidth(imageNoAlpha);

    CGContextRef ctxWithAlpha = CGBitmapContextCreate(nil, width, height, 8, 4*width, cs, kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedFirst);

    CGContextDrawImage(ctxWithAlpha, CGRectMake(0, 0, width, height), imageNoAlpha);

    CGImageRef imageWithAlpha = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(ctxWithAlpha);

    CGImageRef maskRef = maskImage.CGImage; 

    CGImageRef mask = CGImageMaskCreate(CGImageGetWidth(maskRef),
                                        CGImageGetHeight(maskRef),
                                        CGImageGetBitsPerComponent(maskRef),
                                        CGImageGetBitsPerPixel(maskRef),
                                        CGImageGetBytesPerRow(maskRef),
                                        CGImageGetDataProvider(maskRef), NULL, false);

    CGImageRef masked = CGImageCreateWithMask(imageWithAlpha, mask);

    UIImage* retImage= [UIImage imageWithCGImage:masked];
    UIImage* retImageFixed = [retImage transparentBorderImage:1];

    CGImageRelease(mask);
    CGImageRelease(masked);
    CGImageRelease(imageWithAlpha);
    CGContextRelease(ctxWithAlpha);
    CGColorSpaceRelease(cs);

    return retImageFixed;

Thanks in advance...

Throwaway

May be. This two links may help for what you are looking for. 1. https://mcmap.net/q/410290/-uiimage-in-a-circle 2. #1879095 – Sulfatize

Thanks. I've seen many people saying that you can just use the corner radius property but that's just wrong. Although it does make the corner rounded, it never make the all image look like a circle. – Throwaway

Answer 1

try this code

yourImageView.layer.cornerRadius = yourImageView.frame.size.height /2;
yourImageView.layer.masksToBounds = YES;
yourImageView.layer.borderWidth = 0;

this show image like ios 7 circle image thanks

Footboy

FYI, this solution makes scrolling in table view sluggish. @aToz's solution works well. – Caruncle

Its working perfectly in tableView scrolling, i don't see any problem with it, my tableView contain 246 rows each row loads image from server and still working perfectly – Barbosa

@Barbosa what type of device are you running? Bad performing code doesnt always manifest itself at first. There may be a theory proof or benchmark both methods. – Zanazander

@alFaRSi. You got lucky ;) – Knell

This is using an UIImageView whereas the topic starter asks for a circle masked UIImage. – Colligate

Answer 2

This might help you, pass corner radius as half of the reference view where you want to display the image or you can set a custom rect,

eg. In my case I want to display the image on a "imageView", so the corner radius in this case would be imageView.frame.size.width/2

- (void)displayImage
{
    imageView.image = [self getRoundedRectImageFromImage:@"Test.png" onReferenceView:imageView withCornerRadius: imageView.frame.size.width/2];
}



- (UIImage *)getRoundedRectImageFromImage :(UIImage *)image onReferenceView :(UIImageView*)imageView withCornerRadius :(float)cornerRadius
{
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(imageView.bounds.size, NO, 1.0);
    [[UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect:imageView.bounds
                                cornerRadius:cornerRadius] addClip];
    [image drawInRect:imageView.bounds];
    UIImage *finalImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return finalImage;
}

Gardal

The third parameter in UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions must be 0.0 instead of 1.0. Because 1.0 draws very ugly – Collotype

@Collotype thank you! I was wondering why the result was blurry and ugly. – Emaemaciate

Answer 3

Sorry for ugly formatting. Better version of aToz's answer.

@interface UIImage (CircleMask)

+ (UIImage *)roundedRectImageFromImage :(UIImage *)image
                                  size :(CGSize)imageSize
                      withCornerRadius :(float)cornerRadius;

@end

@implementation UIImage(CircleMask)

+(UIImage*)roundedRectImageFromImage:(UIImage *)image
                                size:(CGSize)imageSize
                    withCornerRadius:(float)cornerRadius
{
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(imageSize, NO, 0.0);   //  <= notice 0.0 as third scale parameter. It is important cause default draw scale ≠ 1.0. Try 1.0 - it will draw an ugly image..
    CGRect bounds = (CGRect){CGPointZero,imageSize};
    [[UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect:bounds
                                cornerRadius:cornerRadius] addClip];
    [image drawInRect:bounds];
    UIImage *finalImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return finalImage;
}

@end

The same thing in Swift:

extension UIImage{

    class func roundedRectImageFromImage(image:UIImage,imageSize:CGSize,cornerRadius:CGFloat)->UIImage{
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(imageSize, false, 0.0)
        let bounds = CGRect(origin: CGPointZero, size: imageSize)
        UIBezierPath(roundedRect: bounds, cornerRadius: cornerRadius).addClip()
        image.drawInRect(bounds)
        let finalImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return finalImage
    }
    
}

Collotype

CGPointZero is deprecated, use: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: imageSize) instead. – Decongestant

Answer 4

A better version of aToz's and fnc12's answers (in Swift):

extension UIImage
{
    func roundImage() -> UIImage
    {
        let newImage = self.copy() as! UIImage
        let cornerRadius = self.size.height/2
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.size, false, 1.0)
        let bounds = CGRect(origin: CGPointZero, size: self.size)
        UIBezierPath(roundedRect: bounds, cornerRadius: cornerRadius).addClip()
        newImage.drawInRect(bounds)
        let finalImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return finalImage
    }
}

Usage:

self.userImageView.image = image.roundedImage()

Explicative

can we crop and round for non-square images? – Divinize

Answer 5

Felt like I should throw my hat into the ring. An effective, compact Swift 5 solution:

extension UIImage {

    var rounded: UIImage? {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, UIScreen.main.scale)
        defer { UIGraphicsEndImageContext() }
        let bounds = CGRect(origin: .zero, size: size)
        UIBezierPath(roundedRect: bounds, cornerRadius: size.height/2.0).addClip()
        draw(in: bounds)
        return UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    }

}

Boastful

Answer 6

What about getting help from UIImageView

+ (UIImage *)circularImage:(UIImage *)image withDiameter:(NSUInteger)diameter
{
    CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, diameter, diameter);
    UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
    imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill;
    imageView.clipsToBounds = YES;
    imageView.image = image;
    CALayer *layer = imageView.layer;


    layer.masksToBounds = YES;

    layer.cornerRadius =MAX( imageView.frame.size.height,imageView.frame.size.width)/2;

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(imageView.bounds.size,NO, [UIScreen mainScreen].scale);
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    [layer renderInContext:context];


    UIImage *roundedImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return roundedImage;
}

Fineman

Answer 7

If you're using Swift, you can import 'AlamofireImage', and use one of its funcs. For circled image:

let roundImage = UIImage(named: "myImage")!.af_imageRoundedIntoCircle()

Enzootic

Answer 8

If you are using an UIImageView and you are looking to animate the size of the image while maintaining the rounded corners, you can apply a transformation as follows:

Objective-C

// Our UIImageView reference
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIImageView *myImageView;

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

     myImageView.layer.cornerRadius = myImageView.frame.size.width / 2.0f;
     myImageView.transform = CGAffineTransformScale(CGAffineTransformIdentity, 0.4f, 0.4f);
}

- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    [UIView animateWithDuration:1.0 animations:^{
        myImageView.transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
    }];
}

Swift

// Our UIImageView reference
@IBOutlet weak var myImageView:UIImageView!

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    myImageView.layer.cornerRadius = myImageView.frame.size.width / 2;
    myImageView.transform = CGAffineTransformScale(CGAffineTransformIdentity, 0.4, 0.4)
}

override func viewDidAppear(animated: Bool) {
    UIView.animateWithDuration(1.0) {
        myImageView.transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
    }
}

NOTE: This will also maintain any AutoLayout constraints.

Keble

Answer 9

I resolve my problem with UIBezierPath

UIBezierPath *path = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithOvalInRect:yourImageView.bounds];
CAShapeLayer *maskLayer = [CAShapeLayer layer];
maskLayer.path = path.CGPath;
yourImageView.layer.mask = maskLayer;

Infantryman

Answer 10

try this

UIImageView *circleImageview=[[UIImageView alloc]init];
circleImageview.frame=CGRectMake(0,10, 80, 80)]; 
circleImageview.layer.cornerRadius=circleimagview.frame.size.height/2;
 circleImageview.userInteractionEnabled=YES;
 [self.view addSubview:circleImageview];

Note:Make Sure height and width will be same of that view.

Donadonadee