- (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; // do something...... UIImage *croppedImage = [self imageByCropping:[UIImage imageNamed:@"SomeImage.png"] toRect:CGRectMake(10, 10, 100, 100)]; } - (UIImage*)imageByCropping:(UIImage *)imageToCrop toRect:(CGRect)rect { CGImageRef imageRef = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect([imageToCrop CGImage], rect); UIImage *cropped = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:imageRef]; return cropped; }

I think i can provide a better solution to that large amount of code.
- (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; // do something...... UIImage *croppedImage = [self imageByCropping:[UIImage imageNamed:@"SomeImage.png"] toRect:CGRectMake(10, 10, 100, 100)]; } - (UIImage*)imageByCropping:(UIImage *)imageToCrop toRect:(CGRect)rect { CGImageRef imageRef = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect([imageToCrop CGImage], rect); UIImage *cropped = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:imageRef]; return cropped; }