Add transparent space around a UIImage

In Swift you can write an extension to UIImage that draws image with insets around it.

Swift 3:

import UIKitextension UIImage {    func imageWithInsets(insets: UIEdgeInsets) -> UIImage? {        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(            CGSize(width: self.size.width + insets.left + insets.right,                   height: self.size.height + insets.top + insets.bottom), false, self.scale)        let _ = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()        let origin = CGPoint(x: insets.left, y: insets.top)        self.draw(at: origin)        let imageWithInsets = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()        return imageWithInsets    }}

OLD ANSWER:

import UIKitextension UIImage {    func imageWithInsets(insets: UIEdgeInsets) -> UIImage {        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(            CGSizeMake(self.size.width + insets.left + insets.right,                self.size.height + insets.top + insets.bottom), false, self.scale)        let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()        let origin = CGPoint(x: insets.left, y: insets.top)        self.drawAtPoint(origin)        let imageWithInsets = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()        return imageWithInsets    }}

This is the solution in Swift 4 inspired by DrummerB answer:

import UIKitextension UIImage {    func addImagePadding(x: CGFloat, y: CGFloat) -> UIImage? {        let width: CGFloat = size.width + x        let height: CGFloat = size.height + y        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(CGSize(width: width, height: height), false, 0)        let origin: CGPoint = CGPoint(x: (width - size.width) / 2, y: (height - size.height) / 2)        draw(at: origin)        let imageWithPadding = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()        return imageWithPadding    }}

How to apply:

let image = UIImage(named: "your-image")!let imageView = UIImageView(image: image.addImagePadding(x: 50, y: 50))imageView.backgroundColor = UIColor.grayview.addSubview(imageView)

Features:

• Simply pass padding values via parameters
• Colored padding (by setting the UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions opaque parameter to false)

You create a new image context that is 1000x1000, draw your old image in the middle, then get the new UIImage from the context.

// Setup a new context with the correct sizeCGFloat width = 1000;CGFloat height = 1000;UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(CGSizeMake(width, height), NO, 0.0);        CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();       UIGraphicsPushContext(context);                             // Now we can draw anything we want into this new context.CGPoint origin = CGPointMake((width - oldImage.size.width) / 2.0f,                            (height - oldImage.size.height) / 2.0f);[oldImage drawAtPoint:origin];// Clean up and get the new image.UIGraphicsPopContext();                             UIImage *newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();UIGraphicsEndImageContext();