Add transparent space around a UIImage

In Swift you can write an extension to UIImage that draws image with insets around it.

Swift 3:

import UIKit

extension UIImage {
    func imageWithInsets(insets: UIEdgeInsets) -> UIImage? {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(
            CGSize(width: self.size.width + insets.left + insets.right,
                   height: self.size.height + insets.top + insets.bottom), false, self.scale)
        let _ = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
        let origin = CGPoint(x: insets.left, y: insets.top)
        self.draw(at: origin)
        let imageWithInsets = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return imageWithInsets
    }
}

OLD ANSWER:

import UIKit

extension UIImage {
    func imageWithInsets(insets: UIEdgeInsets) -> UIImage {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(
            CGSizeMake(self.size.width + insets.left + insets.right,
                self.size.height + insets.top + insets.bottom), false, self.scale)
        let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
        let origin = CGPoint(x: insets.left, y: insets.top)
        self.drawAtPoint(origin)
        let imageWithInsets = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return imageWithInsets
    }
}