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What happened to the way I tried to flip (mirror) UIImage?

I have been trying to do this for several days. I am creating a sprite loader, but I can also load sprites in the opposite direction. This is due to the translation of the images that I have already uploaded.

I already tried to do this using the UIImageOrientation / UIImageOrientationUpMirrored method, but this has absolutely no effect and just draws a frame with the same orientation as before.

Since then, I have tried to make a somewhat more complicated path, which I will include below. But still, it simply draws an image exactly as it is loaded into the application. (Not reflected).

I have included the method below (along with my comments so you can follow my pattern of thought), can you understand what I'm doing wrong?

- (UIImage*) getFlippedFrame:(UIImage*) imageToFlip
{
//create a context to draw that shizz into
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(imageToFlip.size);
CGContextRef currentContext = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();



//WHERE YOU LEFT OFF. you're attempting to find a way to flip the image in imagetoflip. and return it as a new UIimage. But no luck so far.
[imageToFlip drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, imageToFlip.size.width, imageToFlip.size.height)];

//take the current context with the old frame drawn in and flip it.
CGContextScaleCTM(currentContext, -1.0, 1.0);

//create a UIImage made from the flipped context. However will the transformation survive the transition to UIImage? UPDATE: Apparently not.

UIImage* flippedFrame = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

return flippedFrame;
}

Thanks Guy.

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[imageToFlip drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, imageToFlip.size.width, imageToFlip.size.height)];
CGContextScaleCTM(currentContext, -1.0, 1.0);

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CGContextTranslateCTM(currentContext, imageToFlip.size.width, 0);      
CGContextScaleCTM(currentContext, -1.0, 1.0);
[imageToFlip drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, imageToFlip.size.width, imageToFlip.size.height)];

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@implementation UIImage (Flip) 
  - (UIImage*)horizontalFlip { 
     UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(self.size); 
     CGContextRef current_context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();                           
     CGContextTranslateCTM(current_context, self.size.width, 0);
     CGContextScaleCTM(current_context, -1.0, 1.0); 
     [self drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.size.width, self.size.height)]; 
     UIImage *flipped_img = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext(); 
     UIGraphicsEndImageContext(); 
     return flipped_img; 
  } 
@end
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