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Created September 24, 2019 13:00
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Returns average color of UIImage.
extension UIImage {
var averageColor: UIColor? {
guard let inputImage = CIImage(image: self) else { return nil }
let extentVector = CIVector(x: inputImage.extent.origin.x, y: inputImage.extent.origin.y, z: inputImage.extent.size.width, w: inputImage.extent.size.height)
guard let filter = CIFilter(name: "CIAreaAverage", parameters: [kCIInputImageKey: inputImage, kCIInputExtentKey: extentVector]) else { return nil }
guard let outputImage = filter.outputImage else { return nil }
var bitmap = [UInt8](repeating: 0, count: 4)
let context = CIContext(options: [.workingColorSpace: kCFNull])
context.render(outputImage, toBitmap: &bitmap, rowBytes: 4, bounds: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 1, height: 1), format: .RGBA8, colorSpace: nil)
return UIColor(red: CGFloat(bitmap[0]) / 255, green: CGFloat(bitmap[1]) / 255, blue: CGFloat(bitmap[2]) / 255, alpha: CGFloat(bitmap[3]) / 255)
}
}
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