(iOS) Check image darkness

UIImage+Darkness.swift

import UIKit

// Call CGImage mechanism from a UIImage
@objc extension UIImage {

    var isDark: Bool {
        self.cgImage?.isDark ?? false
    }
}

// Detect if a CGImage's luminance is Dark of Bright
/*
 Works by getting the pointer of the bitmap image Data,
 Iterate every 4 Bytes, get the r g b values by advancing the pointer,
 detect if the rgb luminance is dark or bright.
 If the count of dark Bytes is greater than the threshold we indicate the image is Dark
*/
extension CGImage {

    private var thresholdModifier: Double {
        0.45
    }

    var isDark: Bool {
        guard let imageData = self.dataProvider?.data else { return false }
        guard let ptr = CFDataGetBytePtr(imageData) else { return false }

        let dataLength = CFDataGetLength(imageData)
        let threshold = Int(Double(self.width * self.height) * thresholdModifier)
        var darkPixelsCount = 0

        for i in stride(from: 0, to: dataLength, by: 4) {
            let r = ptr[i]
            let g = ptr[i + 1]
            let b = ptr[i + 2]
            let luminance = (0.299 * Double(r) + 0.587 * Double(g) + 0.114 * Double(b))

            if luminance < 150 {
                darkPixelsCount += 1

                if darkPixelsCount > threshold { return true }
            }
        }
        return false
    }
}