Add rounded corners to UIImage? - ios

Question

I know it is possible to have rounded corners on objects like a UIImageView (I have done it before). But in this case, I need to have my square UIImage to have rounded corners. I know it is more difficult than just doing it to an object but I need this specifically for the UIImage.
Can anyone share a method that is not static and can be implemented in a class that I already made?
I have to do this to a UIImage unless it is possible to add rounded edges to a CCSprite.
Thanks!
Edit2:
void addRoundedRectToPath(CGContextRef context, CGRect rect, float ovalWidth, float ovalHeight)
{
float fw, fh;
if (ovalWidth == 0 || ovalHeight == 0) {
CGContextAddRect(context, rect);
return;
}
CGContextSaveGState(context);
CGContextTranslateCTM (context, CGRectGetMinX(rect), CGRectGetMinY(rect));
CGContextScaleCTM (context, ovalWidth, ovalHeight);
fw = CGRectGetWidth (rect) / ovalWidth;
fh = CGRectGetHeight (rect) / ovalHeight;
CGContextMoveToPoint(context, fw, fh/2);
CGContextAddArcToPoint(context, fw, fh, fw/2, fh, 1);
CGContextAddArcToPoint(context, 0, fh, 0, fh/2, 1);
CGContextAddArcToPoint(context, 0, 0, fw/2, 0, 1);
CGContextAddArcToPoint(context, fw, 0, fw, fh/2, 1);
CGContextClosePath(context);
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
}
-(UIImage *)makeRoundCornerImage : (UIImage*) img : (int) cornerWidth : (int) cornerHeight
{
UIImage * newImage = nil;
if( nil != img)
{
NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
int w = img.size.width;
int h = img.size.height;
CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(NULL, w, h, 8, 4 * w, colorSpace, kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedFirst);
CGContextBeginPath(context);
CGRect rect = CGRectMake(0, 0, img.size.width, img.size.height);
addRoundedRectToPath(context, rect, cornerWidth, cornerHeight);
CGContextClosePath(context);
CGContextClip(context);
CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake(0, 0, w, h), img.CGImage);
CGImageRef imageMasked = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(context);
CGContextRelease(context);
CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);
[img release];
newImage = [[UIImage imageWithCGImage:imageMasked] retain];
CGImageRelease(imageMasked);
[pool release];
}
return newImage;
}

Answer 1

Use https://stackoverflow.com/a/8125604/412916 to clip with a UIBezierPath instead. It's simpler.
Using the code posted above from http://blog.sallarp.com/iphone-uiimage-round-corners/
// rounded corner 10x10
UIImage *original = [UIImage imageNamed:#"original.png"];
UIImage *rounded = [self makeRoundCornerImage:original :10 :10];