Alignment UIImageView with Aspect Fit

Question

for my UIImageView I choose Aspect Fit (InterfaceBuilder) but how can I change the vertical alignment?

Answer 1

[EDIT - this code is a bit moldy being from 2011 and all but I incorporated @ArtOfWarefare's mods]

You can't do this w/ UIImageView. I created a simple UIView subclass MyImageView that contains a UIImageView. Code below.

// MyImageView.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface MyImageView : UIView {
    UIImageView *_imageView;
}

@property (nonatomic, assign) UIImage *image;

@end

and

// MyImageView.m

#import "MyImageView.h"

@implementation MyImageView

@dynamic image;

- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder*)coder
{
    self = [super initWithCoder:coder];
    if (self) {
        self.clipsToBounds = YES;
        _imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:self.bounds];
        _imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill;
        [self addSubview:_imageView];
    }
    return self;
}

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    if (self) {
        self.clipsToBounds = YES;
        _imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:self.bounds];
        _imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill;
        [self addSubview:_imageView];
    }
    return self;
}

- (id)initWithImage:(UIImage *)anImage
{
    self = [self initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
    if (self) {
        _imageView.image = anImage;
        [_imageView sizeToFit];

        // initialize frame to be same size as imageView
        self.frame = _imageView.bounds;        
    }
    return self;
}

// Delete this function if you're using ARC
- (void)dealloc
{
    [_imageView release];
    [super dealloc];
}

- (UIImage *)image
{
    return _imageView.image;
}

- (void)setImage:(UIImage *)anImage
{
    _imageView.image = anImage;
    [self setNeedsLayout];
}

- (void)layoutSubviews
{
    if (!self.image) return;

    // compute scale factor for imageView
    CGFloat widthScaleFactor = CGRectGetWidth(self.bounds) / self.image.size.width;
    CGFloat heightScaleFactor = CGRectGetHeight(self.bounds) / self.image.size.height;

    CGFloat imageViewXOrigin = 0;
    CGFloat imageViewYOrigin = 0;
    CGFloat imageViewWidth;
    CGFloat imageViewHeight;


    // if image is narrow and tall, scale to width and align vertically to the top
    if (widthScaleFactor > heightScaleFactor) {
        imageViewWidth = self.image.size.width * widthScaleFactor;
        imageViewHeight = self.image.size.height * widthScaleFactor;
    }

    // else if image is wide and short, scale to height and align horizontally centered
    else {
        imageViewWidth = self.image.size.width * heightScaleFactor;
        imageViewHeight = self.image.size.height * heightScaleFactor;
        imageViewXOrigin = - (imageViewWidth - CGRectGetWidth(self.bounds))/2;
    }

    _imageView.frame = CGRectMake(imageViewXOrigin,
                                  imageViewYOrigin,
                                  imageViewWidth,
                                  imageViewHeight);
}

- (void)setFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
    [super setFrame:frame];
    [self setNeedsLayout];
}

@end

Answer 2

If using Storyboards this can be achieved with constraints...

Firstly a UIView with the desired final frame / constraints. Add a UIImageView to the UIView. Set the contentMode to Aspect Fill. Make the UIImageView frame be the same ratio as the image (this avoids any Storyboard warnings later). Pin the sides to the UIView using standard constraints. Pin the top OR bottom (depending where you want it aligned) to the UIView using standard constraints. Finally add an aspect ratio constraint to the UIImageView (making sure ratio as the image).

Answer 3

This is a bit tricky one since there is no option to set further alignment rules if you already selected a content mode (.scaleAspectFit).

But here's a workaround to this:

First need to resize your source image explicitly by calculating dimensions (if it'd be in a UIImageView with contentMode = .scaleAspectFit).

extension UIImage {

    func aspectFitImage(inRect rect: CGRect) -> UIImage? {
        let width = self.size.width
        let height = self.size.height
        let aspectWidth = rect.width / width
        let aspectHeight = rect.height / height
        let scaleFactor = aspectWidth > aspectHeight ? rect.size.height / height : rect.size.width / width

        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(CGSize(width: width * scaleFactor, height: height * scaleFactor), false, 0.0)
        self.draw(in: CGRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: width * scaleFactor, height: height * scaleFactor))

        defer {
            UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        }

        return UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    }
}

Then you simply need to call this function on your original image by passing your imageView's frame and assign the result to your UIImageView.image property. Also, make sure you set your imageView's desired contentMode here (or even in the Interface Builder)!

let image = UIImage(named: "MySourceImage")
imageView.image = image?.aspectFitImage(inRect: imageView.frame)
imageView.contentMode = .left

Answer 4

Try setting:

imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFit;
imageView.clipsToBounds = YES;

This worked for me.