How to scale image and center it on a UIButton in Swift?

Question

var button = UIButton.buttonWithType(UIButtonType.Custom) as UIButton
var image = UIImage(named: "myimage.png") as UIImage!
button.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 100, 100)
button.setImage(image, forState: .Normal)

I have an image that I've set on my button, but I'd like to scale it to be smaller than the button (for example the image should be 50,50) and center in the button. How might I do this in Swift?

Answer 1

Xcode 8.3.1 • Swift 3.1

let button = UIButton(type: .custom)
let image = UIImage(named: "myimage.png")

func buttonTouchDown(_ button: UIButton) {
    print("button Touch Down")
}

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override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    button.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0 , width: 100, height: 100)
    button.backgroundColor = .clear
    button.addTarget(self, action: #selector(buttonTouchDown), for: .touchDown)
    button.setTitle("Title", for: .normal)
    button.setTitleColor(.black, for: .normal)
    button.setImage(image, for: .normal)
    button.imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(25,25,25,25)
    view.addSubview(button)
}

Answer 2

Ther is a much easier way to do this where you don't have to deal with content insets. Here its is:

var button = UIButton.buttonWithType(UIButtonType.Custom) as UIButton
var image = UIImage(named: "myimage.png") as UIImage!
button.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 100, 100)
button.setImage(image, forState: .Normal)
button.contentMode = .center
button.imageView?.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit