Move UIImage inside UIImageView

Question

I have an UIImageView (red squares) that will display a UIImage that must be scaled (I can receive images greater or smaller that the UIImageView). After scaling it, the showed part of the UIImage is the center of it.

What I need is to show the part of the image in the blue squares, how can I archive it?

I'm only able to get the image size (height and width), but it display the original size, when it's supposed to be the scaled one.

self.viewIm = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(100, 100, 120, 80)];
self.viewIm.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
self.viewIm.layer.borderColor = [UIColor redColor].CGColor;
self.viewIm.layer.borderWidth = 5.0;
UIImage *im = [UIImage imageNamed:@"benjen"];
self.viewIm.image = im;
self.viewIm.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill;
//    self.viewim.clipsToBounds = YES;
[self.view addSubview:self.viewIm];

Answer 1

To do what you're trying to do, I'd recommend looking into CALayer's contentsRect property.

Since seeing your answer, I've been trying to work out the proper solution for a while, but the mathematics escapes me because contentsRect:'s x and y parameters seem sort of mysterious... But here's some code that may point you in the right direction...

float imageAspect = self.imageView.image.size.width/self.imageView.image.size.height;
float imageViewAspect = self.imageView.frame.size.width/self.imageView.frame.size.height;

if (imageAspect > imageViewAspect) {
    float scaledImageWidth = self.imageView.frame.size.height * imageAspect;
    float offsetWidth = -((scaledImageWidth-self.imageView.frame.size.width)/2);
    self.imageView.layer.contentsRect = CGRectMake(offsetWidth/self.imageView.frame.size.width, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0);
} else if (imageAspect < imageViewAspect) {
    float scaledImageHeight = self.imageView.frame.size.width * imageAspect;
    float offsetHeight = ((scaledImageHeight-self.imageView.frame.size.height)/2);
    self.imageView.layer.contentsRect = CGRectMake(0.0, offsetHeight/self.imageView.frame.size.height, 1.0, 1.0);
}

Answer 2

Try something like this:

CGRect cropRect = CGRectMake(0,0,200,200);
CGImageRef imageRef = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect([ImageToCrop CGImage],cropRect);
UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:imageRef]; 
CGImageRelease(imageRef);