Create a UIImage from an icon file and string for use in a UISegmentControl - Allows for UISegment buttons with icons and text.

UIImage+UISegmentIconAndText.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface UIImage (UISegmentIconAndText)

+ (id) imageFromImage:(UIImage*)image string:(NSString*)string color:(UIColor*)color;

@end

UIImage+UISegmentIconAndText.m

#import "UIImage+UISegmentIconAndText.h"

@implementation UIImage (UISegmentIconAndText)

+ (id) imageFromImage:(UIImage*)image string:(NSString*)string color:(UIColor*)color
{
    UIFont *font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12.0];
    CGSize expectedTextSize = [string sizeWithFont:font];
    
    int width = expectedTextSize.width + image.size.width + 5;
    int height = MAX(expectedTextSize.height, image.size.width);
    
    CGSize size = CGSizeMake((float)width, (float)height);
    
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, NO, 0);
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    
    CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, color.CGColor);
    
    int fontTopPosition = (height - expectedTextSize.height) / 2;
    CGPoint textPoint = CGPointMake(image.size.width + 5, fontTopPosition);

    [string drawAtPoint:textPoint withFont:font];
    
    // Images upside down so flip them
    CGAffineTransform flipVertical = CGAffineTransformMake(1, 0, 0, -1, 0, size.height);
    CGContextConcatCTM(context, flipVertical);
    CGContextDrawImage(context, (CGRect){ {0, (height - image.size.height) / 2}, {image.size.width, image.size.height} }, [image CGImage]);
    
    UIImage *newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    
    return newImage;
    
}

@end