- (UIColor )averageColorForImage:(UIImage)image {
CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
unsigned char rgba[4];
CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(rgba, 1, 1, 8, 4, colorSpace, kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast | kCGBitmapByteOrder32Big);
CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake(0, 0, 1, 1), image.CGImage);
CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);
CGContextRelease(context);
if(rgba[3] > 0) {
CGFloat alpha = ((CGFloat)rgba[3])/255.0;
CGFloat multiplier = alpha/255.0;
return [UIColor colorWithRed:((CGFloat)rgba[0])*multiplier
green:((CGFloat)rgba[1])*multiplier
blue:((CGFloat)rgba[2])*multiplier
alpha:alpha];
}
else {
return [UIColor colorWithRed:((CGFloat)rgba[0])/255.0
green:((CGFloat)rgba[1])/255.0
blue:((CGFloat)rgba[2])/255.0
alpha:((CGFloat)rgba[3])/255.0];
}
}