IOS UIImage how to convert black to transparent programmatically?

Question

I have an icon hovering above a button. The icon is black - white, and I want to programmatically “cut out” black areas.

How to convert black areas of an icon to transparent software?

Answer 1

You can use filters of the main image - in particular, a filter CIMaskToAlpha

Detailed instructions for using CIFilters are here: Apple Core Programming Guide and RayWenderlich Tutorial

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-(void)setImage:(UIImage *)image_
{

    UIImage *entryImage  = image_;
    CIContext *context = [CIContext contextWithOptions:nil];

    CIImage *image = [CIImage imageWithCGImage:[entryImage CGImage]];
    CIFilter *filter = [CIFilter filterWithName:@"CIMaskToAlpha"];
    [filter setDefaults];
    [filter setValue:image forKey:kCIInputImageKey];
    //    CIImage *result = [filter valueForKey:kCIOutputImageKey];
    CIImage *result = [filter outputImage];

    CGImageRef cgImage = [context createCGImage:result fromRect:[result extent]];

    UIImage *newImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:cgImage scale:[entryImage scale] orientation:UIImageOrientationUp];
    CGImageRelease(cgImage);
    [super setImage:newImage];
}

Answer 2

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+(UIImage*) maskImage:(UIImage *)thumbImage withMask:(UIImage *)maskImage 
{

    CGImageRef maskRef = maskImage.CGImage;

    CGImageRef mask = CGImageMaskCreate(CGImageGetWidth(maskRef),
                                        CGImageGetHeight(maskRef),
                                        CGImageGetBitsPerComponent(maskRef),
                                        CGImageGetBitsPerPixel(maskRef),
                                        CGImageGetBytesPerRow(maskRef),
                                        CGImageGetDataProvider(maskRef), NULL, false);

    CGImageRef masked = CGImageCreateWithMask([thumbImage CGImage], mask);
    CGImageRelease(mask);
    UIImage *maskedImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:masked];
    CGImageRelease(masked);
    return maskedImage;

}