Swift PNG Image being saved with incorrect orientation - ios

Question

If I use the image before it is saved it is normal. But if I save it and use it later is is 90 degrees turned. How can I make sure it doesn't save sideways?
func saveEvent(_ center1: CLLocation, title2: String, imagePicked1: UIImage)
{
let data = UIImagePNGRepresentation(imagePicked1);///
let url = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: NSTemporaryDirectory()).appendingPathComponent(NSUUID().uuidString+".dat")
do {
try data!.write(to: url!, options: [])
} catch let e as NSError {
print("Error! \(e)");
return
}
let image11 = CKAsset(fileURL: url!)
self.eventRecord.setObject(image11 as CKAsset, forKey: "Picture")
let publicData = CKContainer.default().publicCloudDatabase
publicData.save(self.eventRecord, completionHandler: { record, error in
if error == nil
{
print("Image saved")
}else{
print(error!)
}
})
}

Answer 1

If you need to save your PNG with correct rotation you will need to redraw your image if its orientation it is not .up. You can redraw it as follow:
extension UIImage {
func png(isOpaque: Bool = true) -> Data? { flattened(isOpaque: isOpaque)?.pngData() }
func flattened(isOpaque: Bool = true) -> UIImage? {
if imageOrientation == .up { return self }
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, isOpaque, scale)
defer { UIGraphicsEndImageContext() }
draw(in: CGRect(origin: .zero, size: size))
return UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
}
}
edit/update:
For iOS10+ tvOS10+ you can use UIGraphicsImageRenderer:
extension UIImage {
func png(isOpaque: Bool = true) -> Data? { flattened(isOpaque: isOpaque).pngData() }
func flattened(isOpaque: Bool = true) -> UIImage {
if imageOrientation == .up { return self }
let format = imageRendererFormat
format.opaque = isOpaque
return UIGraphicsImageRenderer(size: size, format: format).image { _ in draw(at: .zero) }
}
}
Playground testing:
Usage for images without transparency:
let image = UIImage(data: try! Data(contentsOf: URL(string: "https://i.stack.imgur.com/varL9.jpg")!))!
if let data = image.png() {
let imageFromPNGData = UIImage(data: data)
}
With transparency :
if let data = image.png(isOpaque: false) {
let imageFromPNGData = UIImage(data: data)
}

Answer 2

Just convert the image to JPEG data instead. No need to redraw your image:
let imageData = image.jpegData(compressionQuality: 1.0)

Answer 3

You can use this as well to prevent it from changing of orientation.
func rotateImage(image: UIImage) -> UIImage? {
if (image.imageOrientation == UIImage.Orientation.up ) {
return image
}
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(image.size)
image.draw(in: CGRect(origin: CGPoint.zero, size: image.size))
let copy = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
return copy
}