Resize UIImage by keeping Aspect ratio and width

Question

The method of Srikar works very well, if you know both height and width of your new Size. If you for example know only the width you want to scale to and don't care about the height you first have to calculate the scale factor of the height.

+(UIImage*)imageWithImage: (UIImage*) sourceImage scaledToWidth: (float) i_width
{
    float oldWidth = sourceImage.size.width;
    float scaleFactor = i_width / oldWidth;

    float newHeight = sourceImage.size.height * scaleFactor;
    float newWidth = oldWidth * scaleFactor;

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSizeMake(newWidth, newHeight));
    [sourceImage drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, newWidth, newHeight)];
    UIImage *newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();    
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    return newImage;
}

If you don't happen to know if the image will be portrait or landscape (e.g user takes pic with camera), I created another method that takes max width and height parameters.

Lets say you have a UIImage *myLargeImage which is a 4:3 ratio.

UIImage *myResizedImage = [ImageUtilities imageWithImage:myLargeImage 
                                        scaledToMaxWidth:1024 
                                               maxHeight:1024];

The resized UIImage will be 1024x768 if landscape; 768x1024 if portrait. This method will also generate higher res images for retina display.

+ (UIImage *)imageWithImage:(UIImage *)image scaledToSize:(CGSize)size {
    if ([[UIScreen mainScreen] respondsToSelector:@selector(scale)]) {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, NO, [[UIScreen mainScreen] scale]);
    } else {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(size);
    }
    [image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, size.width, size.height)];
    UIImage *newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();    
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return newImage;
}

+ (UIImage *)imageWithImage:(UIImage *)image scaledToMaxWidth:(CGFloat)width maxHeight:(CGFloat)height {
    CGFloat oldWidth = image.size.width;
    CGFloat oldHeight = image.size.height;

    CGFloat scaleFactor = (oldWidth > oldHeight) ? width / oldWidth : height / oldHeight;

    CGFloat newHeight = oldHeight * scaleFactor;
    CGFloat newWidth = oldWidth * scaleFactor;
    CGSize newSize = CGSizeMake(newWidth, newHeight);

    return [ImageUtilities imageWithImage:image scaledToSize:newSize];
}

Best answer Maverick 1st's correctly translated to Swift (working with latest swift 3):

func imageWithImage (sourceImage:UIImage, scaledToWidth: CGFloat) -> UIImage {
    let oldWidth = sourceImage.size.width
    let scaleFactor = scaledToWidth / oldWidth

    let newHeight = sourceImage.size.height * scaleFactor
    let newWidth = oldWidth * scaleFactor

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSize(width:newWidth, height:newHeight))
    sourceImage.draw(in: CGRect(x:0, y:0, width:newWidth, height:newHeight))
    let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
    return newImage!
}

thanks @Maverick1st the algorithm, I implemented it to Swift, in my case height is the input parameter

class func resizeImage(image: UIImage, newHeight: CGFloat) -> UIImage {

    let scale = newHeight / image.size.height
    let newWidth = image.size.width * scale
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSizeMake(newWidth, newHeight))
    image.drawInRect(CGRectMake(0, 0, newWidth, newHeight))
    let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

    return newImage
}