Xamarin Forms - Resize Camera Picture - xamarin.forms

Question

Someone helped me get this code for taking a picture using xamarin forms labs camera:
picker = DependencyService.Get<IMediaPicker> ();
task = picker.TakePhotoAsync (new CameraMediaStorageOptions {
DefaultCamera = CameraDevice.Rear,
MaxPixelDimension = 800,
});
img.BackgroundColor = Color.Gray;
Device.StartTimer (TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds (250), () => {
if (task != null) {
if (task.Status == TaskStatus.RanToCompletion) {
Device.BeginInvokeOnMainThread (async () => {
//img.Source = ImageSource.FromStream (() => task.Result.Source);
var fileAccess = Resolver.Resolve<IFileAccess> ();
string imageName = "img_user_" + User.CurrentUser().id + "_" + DateTime.Now.ToString ("yy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss") + ".jpg";
fileName = imageName;
fileAccess.WriteStream (imageName, task.Result.Source);
fileLocation = fileAccess.FullPath(imageName);
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(fileAccess.FullPath(imageName), FileMode.Open, System.IO.FileAccess.Read);
imageUrl = (string)test[0]["url"];
img.Source = imageUrl;
});
}
return task.Status != TaskStatus.Canceled
&& task.Status != TaskStatus.Faulted
&& task.Status != TaskStatus.RanToCompletion;
}
return true;
});
It saves the image, but the actual size of the phone picture taken is huge, is there a way to resize it.

Answer 1

UPDATE: The original answer is not useful, see below for updated answer. The issue was the PCL library was very slow and consumed too much memory.
ORIGINAL ANSWER (do not use):
I found an image I/O library, ImageTools-PCL, which I forked on github and trimmed down what wouldn't compile in Xamarin, keeping the modifications to minimum and the result seems to work.
To use it download the linked repository, compile it with Xamarin and add the DLLs from Build folder to your Forms project.
To resize an image you can do this (should fit the context of your question)
var decoder = new ImageTools.IO.Jpeg.JpegDecoder ();
ImageTools.ExtendedImage inImage = new ImageTools.ExtendedImage ();
decoder.Decode (inImage, task.Result.Source);
var outImage = ImageTools.ExtendedImage.Resize (inImage, 1024, new ImageTools.Filtering.BilinearResizer ());
var encoder = new ImageTools.IO.Jpeg.JpegEncoder ();
encoder.Encode (outImage, fileAccess.CreateStream (imageName));
ImageSource imgSource = ImageSource.FromFile (fileAccess.FullPath (imageName));
UPDATED ANSWER:
Get Xamarin.XLabs from nuget, learn about using Resolver, create an IImageService interface with Resize method.
Implementation for iOS:
public class ImageServiceIOS: IImageService{
public void ResizeImage(string sourceFile, string targetFile, float maxWidth, float maxHeight)
{
if (File.Exists(sourceFile) && !File.Exists(targetFile))
{
using (UIImage sourceImage = UIImage.FromFile(sourceFile))
{
var sourceSize = sourceImage.Size;
var maxResizeFactor = Math.Min(maxWidth / sourceSize.Width, maxHeight / sourceSize.Height);
if (!Directory.Exists(Path.GetDirectoryName(targetFile)))
Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(targetFile));
if (maxResizeFactor > 0.9)
{
File.Copy(sourceFile, targetFile);
}
else
{
var width = maxResizeFactor * sourceSize.Width;
var height = maxResizeFactor * sourceSize.Height;
UIGraphics.BeginImageContextWithOptions(new CGSize((float)width, (float)height), true, 1.0f);
// UIGraphics.GetCurrentContext().RotateCTM(90 / Math.PI);
sourceImage.Draw(new CGRect(0, 0, (float)width, (float)height));
var resultImage = UIGraphics.GetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphics.EndImageContext();
if (targetFile.ToLower().EndsWith("png"))
resultImage.AsPNG().Save(targetFile, true);
else
resultImage.AsJPEG().Save(targetFile, true);
}
}
}
}
}
Implementation of the service for Android:
public class ImageServiceDroid: IImageService{
public void ResizeImage(string sourceFile, string targetFile, float maxWidth, float maxHeight)
{
if (!File.Exists(targetFile) && File.Exists(sourceFile))
{
// First decode with inJustDecodeBounds=true to check dimensions
var options = new BitmapFactory.Options()
{
InJustDecodeBounds = false,
InPurgeable = true,
};
using (var image = BitmapFactory.DecodeFile(sourceFile, options))
{
if (image != null)
{
var sourceSize = new Size((int)image.GetBitmapInfo().Height, (int)image.GetBitmapInfo().Width);
var maxResizeFactor = Math.Min(maxWidth / sourceSize.Width, maxHeight / sourceSize.Height);
string targetDir = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(targetFile);
if (!Directory.Exists(targetDir))
Directory.CreateDirectory(targetDir);
if (maxResizeFactor > 0.9)
{
File.Copy(sourceFile, targetFile);
}
else
{
var width = (int)(maxResizeFactor * sourceSize.Width);
var height = (int)(maxResizeFactor * sourceSize.Height);
using (var bitmapScaled = Bitmap.CreateScaledBitmap(image, height, width, true))
{
using (Stream outStream = File.Create(targetFile))
{
if (targetFile.ToLower().EndsWith("png"))
bitmapScaled.Compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.Png, 100, outStream);
else
bitmapScaled.Compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.Jpeg, 95, outStream);
}
bitmapScaled.Recycle();
}
}
image.Recycle();
}
else
Log.E("Image scaling failed: " + sourceFile);
}
}
}
}

Answer 2

#Sten's answer might encounter out-of-memory problem on some android devices. Here's my solution to implement the ResizeImage function
, which is according to google's "Loading Large Bitmaps Efficiently" document:
public void ResizeImage (string sourceFile, string targetFile, int reqWidth, int reqHeight)
{
if (!File.Exists (targetFile) && File.Exists (sourceFile)) {
var downImg = decodeSampledBitmapFromFile (sourceFile, reqWidth, reqHeight);
using (var outStream = File.Create (targetFile)) {
if (targetFile.ToLower ().EndsWith ("png"))
downImg.Compress (Bitmap.CompressFormat.Png, 100, outStream);
else
downImg.Compress (Bitmap.CompressFormat.Jpeg, 95, outStream);
}
downImg.Recycle();
}
}
public static Bitmap decodeSampledBitmapFromFile (string path, int reqWidth, int reqHeight)
{
// First decode with inJustDecodeBounds=true to check dimensions
var options = new BitmapFactory.Options ();
options.InJustDecodeBounds = true;
BitmapFactory.DecodeFile (path, options);
// Calculate inSampleSize
options.InSampleSize = calculateInSampleSize (options, reqWidth, reqHeight);
// Decode bitmap with inSampleSize set
options.InJustDecodeBounds = false;
return BitmapFactory.DecodeFile (path, options);
}
public static int calculateInSampleSize (BitmapFactory.Options options, int reqWidth, int reqHeight)
{
// Raw height and width of image
int height = options.OutHeight;
int width = options.OutWidth;
int inSampleSize = 1;
if (height > reqHeight || width > reqWidth) {
int halfHeight = height / 2;
int halfWidth = width / 2;
// Calculate the largest inSampleSize value that is a power of 2 and keeps both
// height and width larger than the requested height and width.
while ((halfHeight / inSampleSize) > reqHeight
&& (halfWidth / inSampleSize) > reqWidth) {
inSampleSize *= 2;
}
}
return inSampleSize;
}

Answer 3

You can do this natively for each platform and use an interface. Heres an example for IOS
In your PCL project you need to add an interface
public interface IImageResizer
{
byte[] ResizeImage (byte[] imageData, double width, double height);
}
Then to resize an image in your code, you can load the IOS implementation of that interface using the DependencyService and run the ResizeImage method
var resizer = DependencyService.Get<IImageResizer>();
var resizedBytes = resizer.ResizeImage (originalImageByteArray, 400, 400);
Stream stream = new MemoryStream(resizedBytes);
image.Source = ImageSource.FromStream(stream);
IOS Implementation, add this class to your IOS project.
[assembly: Xamarin.Forms.Dependency (typeof (ImageResizer_iOS))]
namespace YourNamespace
{
public class ImageResizer_iOS : IImageResizer
{
public byte[] ResizeImage (byte[] imageData, double maxWidth, double maxHeight)
{
UIImage originalImage = ImageFromByteArray (imageData);
double width = 300, height = 300;
double maxAspect = (double)maxWidth / (double)maxHeight;
double aspect = (double)originalImage.Size.Width/(double)originalImage.Size.Height;
if (maxAspect > aspect && originalImage.Size.Width > maxWidth) {
//Width is the bigger dimension relative to max bounds
width = maxWidth;
height = maxWidth / aspect;
}else if (maxAspect <= aspect && originalImage.Size.Height > maxHeight){
//Height is the bigger dimension
height = maxHeight;
width = maxHeight * aspect;
}
return originalImage.Scale(new SizeF((float)width,(float)height)).AsJPEG ().ToArray ();
}
public static MonoTouch.UIKit.UIImage ImageFromByteArray(byte[] data)
{
if (data == null) {
return null;
}
MonoTouch.UIKit.UIImage image;
try {
image = new MonoTouch.UIKit.UIImage(MonoTouch.Foundation.NSData.FromArray(data));
} catch (Exception e) {
Console.WriteLine ("Image load failed: " + e.Message);
return null;
}
return image;
}
}
}

Answer 4

An update from the Xamarin Media Plugin allows you to resize the image
https://github.com/jamesmontemagno/MediaPlugin
... barring that, and you need a more generic resize option (say the image comes from a web call, and not the device, then have a look at:
https://github.com/InquisitorJax/Wibci.Xamarin.Images