Confusion when presenting captured image from camera on screen - ios

Question

I successfully captured image from rear iphone camera and use it as UIImage.
Right after the image is available I call this method:
- (void)putPhoto:(UIImage *)photo onTopOfPreview:(UIView *)preview {
CALayer *photoLayer = [CALayer layer];
photoLayer.frame = CGRectMake(10, 10, 300, 300);
photoLayer.contents = (id)photo.CGImage;
[self.view.layer addSublayer:photoLayer];
// [preview.layer addSublayer:photoLayer];
}
but the image is rotated by -90˚. As this is the first time I used CALayers I try to present the image with UIImageView like this:
- (void)putPhotoOnScreen:(UIImage *)photo {
UIImageView *imageView = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 300, 300)];
imageView.image = photo;
[self.view addSubview:imageView];
}
And with this method the image is presented correctly. All of this happens in portrait orientation.
All the suggestions are welcome.

Answer 1

try this method
# pragma mark -
# pragma mark - Scale and Rotate according to Orientation
- (UIImage *)scaleAndRotateImage:(UIImage *)image
{
int kMaxResolution = 640; // Or whatever
CGImageRef imgRef = image.CGImage;
CGFloat width = CGImageGetWidth(imgRef);
CGFloat height = CGImageGetHeight(imgRef);
CGAffineTransform transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
CGRect bounds = CGRectMake(0, 0, width, height);
if (width > kMaxResolution || height > kMaxResolution) {
CGFloat ratio = width/height;
if (ratio > 1) {
bounds.size.width = kMaxResolution;
bounds.size.height = roundf(bounds.size.width / ratio);
}
else {
bounds.size.height = kMaxResolution;
bounds.size.width = roundf(bounds.size.height * ratio);
}
}
CGFloat scaleRatio = bounds.size.width / width;
CGSize imageSize = CGSizeMake(CGImageGetWidth(imgRef), CGImageGetHeight(imgRef));
CGFloat boundHeight;
UIImageOrientation orient = image.imageOrientation;
switch(orient) {
case UIImageOrientationUp: //EXIF = 1
// landscape right
transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
break;
case UIImageOrientationUpMirrored: //EXIF = 2
transform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(imageSize.width, 0.0);
transform = CGAffineTransformScale(transform, -1.0, 1.0);
break;
case UIImageOrientationDown: //EXIF = 3
// landscape left
transform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(imageSize.width, imageSize.height);
transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, M_PI);
break;
case UIImageOrientationDownMirrored: //EXIF = 4
transform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(0.0, imageSize.height);
transform = CGAffineTransformScale(transform, 1.0, -1.0);
break;
case UIImageOrientationLeftMirrored: //EXIF = 5
boundHeight = bounds.size.height;
bounds.size.height = bounds.size.width;
bounds.size.width = boundHeight;
transform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(imageSize.height, imageSize.width);
transform = CGAffineTransformScale(transform, -1.0, 1.0);
transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, 3.0 * M_PI / 2.0);
break;
case UIImageOrientationLeft: //EXIF = 6
boundHeight = bounds.size.height;
bounds.size.height = bounds.size.width;
bounds.size.width = boundHeight;
transform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(0.0, imageSize.width);
transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, 3.0 * M_PI / 2.0);
break;
case UIImageOrientationRightMirrored: //EXIF = 7
boundHeight = bounds.size.height;
bounds.size.height = bounds.size.width;
bounds.size.width = boundHeight;
transform = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(-1.0, 1.0);
transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, M_PI / 2.0);
break;
case UIImageOrientationRight: //EXIF = 8
// Portrait Mode
boundHeight = bounds.size.height;
bounds.size.height = bounds.size.width;
bounds.size.width = boundHeight;
transform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(imageSize.height, 0.0);
transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, M_PI / 2.0);
break;
default:
[NSException raise:NSInternalInconsistencyException format:#"Invalid image orientation"];
}
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(bounds.size);
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
if (orient == UIImageOrientationRight || orient == UIImageOrientationLeft) {
CGContextScaleCTM(context, -scaleRatio, scaleRatio);
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, -height, 0);
}
else {
CGContextScaleCTM(context, scaleRatio, -scaleRatio);
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0, -height);
}
CGContextConcatCTM(context, transform);
CGContextDrawImage(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(), CGRectMake(0, 0, width, height), imgRef);
UIImage *imageCopy = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
return imageCopy;
}

Answer 2

If you want to change the orientation of the image,it could be changed by setting the UIImage in UIImageView by setting the orientation enum.
UIImage *imageToDisplay =[UIImage imageWithCGImage:[originalImage CGImage]
scale:1.0
orientation: UIImageOrientationUp];
You can set this image to UIImageView.