An Extension to UIImage to resize the image object to a provided CGSize and return the resized Image as well as convert the image to a CVPixelBuffer. The CVPixelBuffer type is required by Core ML models as an input parameter. Core ML models also require squared images of specific sizes, e.g. 224x224, 416x416 or other resolutions for which the ex…

UIImage+Resize+CVPixelBuffer.swift

//  UIImage+Resize+CVPixelBuffer.swift
//
//  Created by Moritz Philip Recke for Create with Swift on 10 February 2021.
//

import Foundation
import UIKit

extension UIImage {
    
    func resizeImageTo(size: CGSize) -> UIImage? {
        
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, 0.0)
        self.draw(in: CGRect(origin: CGPoint.zero, size: size))
        let resizedImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return resizedImage
    }
    
     func convertToBuffer() -> CVPixelBuffer? {
        
        let attributes = [
            kCVPixelBufferCGImageCompatibilityKey: kCFBooleanTrue,
            kCVPixelBufferCGBitmapContextCompatibilityKey: kCFBooleanTrue
        ] as CFDictionary
        
        var pixelBuffer: CVPixelBuffer?
        
        let status = CVPixelBufferCreate(
            kCFAllocatorDefault, Int(self.size.width),
            Int(self.size.height),
            kCVPixelFormatType_32ARGB,
            attributes,
            &pixelBuffer)
        
        guard (status == kCVReturnSuccess) else {
            return nil
        }
        
        CVPixelBufferLockBaseAddress(pixelBuffer!, CVPixelBufferLockFlags(rawValue: 0))
        
        let pixelData = CVPixelBufferGetBaseAddress(pixelBuffer!)
        let rgbColorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB()
        
        let context = CGContext(
            data: pixelData,
            width: Int(self.size.width),
            height: Int(self.size.height),
            bitsPerComponent: 8,
            bytesPerRow: CVPixelBufferGetBytesPerRow(pixelBuffer!),
            space: rgbColorSpace,
            bitmapInfo: CGImageAlphaInfo.noneSkipFirst.rawValue)
        
        context?.translateBy(x: 0, y: self.size.height)
        context?.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)
        
        UIGraphicsPushContext(context!)
        self.draw(in: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: self.size.width, height: self.size.height))
        UIGraphicsPopContext()
        
        CVPixelBufferUnlockBaseAddress(pixelBuffer!, CVPixelBufferLockFlags(rawValue: 0))
        
        return pixelBuffer
    }

}

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