Issue in checking UIImage have alpha (Transparent) color or not

Question

I'm checking that image have transparent area (alpha) or not. Bashed on that I have to change the color of UIImage

I have implement the below method to check the image have alpha or not.

- (BOOL) checkAlpha  : (UIImage*) image
{
    for(int x = 0; x <  image.size.width ; x++)
    {
        for(int y = 0; y < image.size. height; y++)
        {
            CFDataRef pixelData = CGDataProviderCopyData(CGImageGetDataProvider(image.CGImage));
            const UInt8* data = CFDataGetBytePtr(pixelData);

            int pixelInfo = ((image.size.width  * y) + x ) * 4; // The image is png

            UInt8 red = data[pixelInfo];         // If you need this info, enable it
            UInt8 green = data[(pixelInfo + 1)]; // If you need this info, enable it
            UInt8 blue = data[pixelInfo + 2];    // If you need this info, enable it
            UInt8 alpha = data[pixelInfo + 3];     // I need only this info for my maze game
            CFRelease(pixelData);

            UIColor* color = [UIColor colorWithRed:red/255.0f green:green/255.0f blue:blue/255.0f alpha:alpha/255.0f];

            DLog(@"color : %@",color);
            DLog(@"alpha : %hhu",alpha)

            if (alpha)
                return YES;     // display original image from url.
            else
                return NO;      // apply brand color here.
        }
    }
    return YES;
}

This method is working fine but for some image it is creating issue. See the below image:

For above image alpha return 0;

And for above 2 images alpha have some value.

All 3 images have same white background. For the first image also should have some alpha. it should not be 0. Please guide me out on this ? is there any code error in my method or what?

Answer 1

Rewrite @Hitarth's answer in Swift4:

extension UIImage {
  public func isTransparent() -> Bool {
    guard let alpha: CGImageAlphaInfo = self.cgImage?.alphaInfo else { return false }
    return alpha == .first || alpha == .last || alpha == .premultipliedFirst || alpha == .premultipliedLast
  }
}