How to merge two UIImages?

This way the overlay picture will be much cleaner:

class func mergeImages(imageView: UIImageView) -> UIImage {
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(imageView.frame.size, false, 0.0)
    imageView.superview!.layer.renderInContext(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!)
    let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
    
    return image 
}

Hope this may help you,

var bottomImage = UIImage(named: "bottom.png")
var topImage = UIImage(named: "top.png")

var size = CGSize(width: 300, height: 300)
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(size)

let areaSize = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width, height: size.height)
bottomImage!.draw(in: areaSize)

topImage!.draw(in: areaSize, blendMode: .normal, alpha: 0.8)

var newImage:UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

All the Best :)

Swift 4 UIImage extension that enables easy image merging / overlaying.

extension UIImage { 

  func overlayWith(image: UIImage, posX: CGFloat, posY: CGFloat) -> UIImage {
    let newWidth = size.width < posX + image.size.width ? posX + image.size.width : size.width
    let newHeight = size.height < posY + image.size.height ? posY + image.size.height : size.height
    let newSize = CGSize(width: newWidth, height: newHeight)

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(newSize, false, 0.0)
    draw(in: CGRect(origin: CGPoint.zero, size: size))
    image.draw(in: CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: posX, y: posY), size: image.size))
    let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

    return newImage
  }

}

Swift 5: Extension for UIImage

extension UIImage {
  func mergeWith(topImage: UIImage) -> UIImage {
    let bottomImage = self

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(size)


    let areaSize = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: bottomImage.size.width, height: bottomImage.size.height)
    bottomImage.draw(in: areaSize)

    topImage.draw(in: areaSize, blendMode: .normal, alpha: 1.0)

    let mergedImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()!
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
    return mergedImage
  }
}