This code should work on most versions of iOS (and has been tested to work on 3.1 upwards).
It’s based on the Apple WWDC code mentioned in Jonah’s answer.
Add the below to your subclass of UIScrollView, and replace tileContainerView with the view containing your image or tiles:
- (void)layoutSubviews {
[super layoutSubviews];
// center the image as it becomes smaller than the size of the screen
CGSize boundsSize = self.bounds.size;
CGRect frameToCenter = tileContainerView.frame;
// center horizontally
if (frameToCenter.size.width < boundsSize.width)
frameToCenter.origin.x = (boundsSize.width - frameToCenter.size.width) / 2;
else
frameToCenter.origin.x = 0;
// center vertically
if (frameToCenter.size.height < boundsSize.height)
frameToCenter.origin.y = (boundsSize.height - frameToCenter.size.height) / 2;
else
frameToCenter.origin.y = 0;
tileContainerView.frame = frameToCenter;
}