Alignment UIImageView with Aspect Fit

Question

for my UIImageView I choose Aspect Fit (InterfaceBuilder) but how can I change the vertical alignment?

Answer 1

[EDIT - this code is a bit moldy being from 2011 and all but I incorporated @ArtOfWarefare's mods]

You can't do this w/ UIImageView. I created a simple UIView subclass MyImageView that contains a UIImageView. Code below.

// MyImageView.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface MyImageView : UIView {
    UIImageView *_imageView;
}

@property (nonatomic, assign) UIImage *image;

@end

and

// MyImageView.m

#import "MyImageView.h"

@implementation MyImageView

@dynamic image;

- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder*)coder
{
    self = [super initWithCoder:coder];
    if (self) {
        self.clipsToBounds = YES;
        _imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:self.bounds];
        _imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill;
        [self addSubview:_imageView];
    }
    return self;
}

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    if (self) {
        self.clipsToBounds = YES;
        _imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:self.bounds];
        _imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill;
        [self addSubview:_imageView];
    }
    return self;
}

- (id)initWithImage:(UIImage *)anImage
{
    self = [self initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
    if (self) {
        _imageView.image = anImage;
        [_imageView sizeToFit];

        // initialize frame to be same size as imageView
        self.frame = _imageView.bounds;        
    }
    return self;
}

// Delete this function if you're using ARC
- (void)dealloc
{
    [_imageView release];
    [super dealloc];
}

- (UIImage *)image
{
    return _imageView.image;
}

- (void)setImage:(UIImage *)anImage
{
    _imageView.image = anImage;
    [self setNeedsLayout];
}

- (void)layoutSubviews
{
    if (!self.image) return;

    // compute scale factor for imageView
    CGFloat widthScaleFactor = CGRectGetWidth(self.bounds) / self.image.size.width;
    CGFloat heightScaleFactor = CGRectGetHeight(self.bounds) / self.image.size.height;

    CGFloat imageViewXOrigin = 0;
    CGFloat imageViewYOrigin = 0;
    CGFloat imageViewWidth;
    CGFloat imageViewHeight;


    // if image is narrow and tall, scale to width and align vertically to the top
    if (widthScaleFactor > heightScaleFactor) {
        imageViewWidth = self.image.size.width * widthScaleFactor;
        imageViewHeight = self.image.size.height * widthScaleFactor;
    }

    // else if image is wide and short, scale to height and align horizontally centered
    else {
        imageViewWidth = self.image.size.width * heightScaleFactor;
        imageViewHeight = self.image.size.height * heightScaleFactor;
        imageViewXOrigin = - (imageViewWidth - CGRectGetWidth(self.bounds))/2;
    }

    _imageView.frame = CGRectMake(imageViewXOrigin,
                                  imageViewYOrigin,
                                  imageViewWidth,
                                  imageViewHeight);
}

- (void)setFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
    [super setFrame:frame];
    [self setNeedsLayout];
}

@end