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Scaling images from instagram

In my app, I'm trying to get images from my Instagram account and render them in a collection view. When using 

self.imageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit
self.imageView.clipsToBounds = false

The images scale perfectly. But since the images from the Instagram feed are of different sizes, the images in the collection view are of different sizes. A few are perfect squares, a few are smaller, and a few are rectangles.

I want to have a collection view of images all perfectly of the same size (square in shape) and images maintaining their aspect ratio. How can I go about this?

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • To show the full photo and maintain aspect ratio, set contentMode = .scaleAspectFit.

    To fill the square imageView but show the photo with the correct aspect ratio set contentMode = .scaleAspectFill and clipsToBounds = true.