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DATI.Investigation
DATI.Investigation

Reputation: 217

How to take a screenshot of the iPhone/iPad programmatically with Xamarin.iOS (C#)?

How can I take a screenshot with Xamarin.iOS and stored this image in UIImage.

I have seen several examples of Obj-C, but no C #

Upvotes: 5

Views: 3889

Answers (4)

Shanu Singh
Shanu Singh

Reputation: 395

This code will take a screenshot and save the photo into the camera roll.

 UIGraphics.BeginImageContext(UIScreen.MainScreen.Bounds.Size);
        try
        {
            var mainLayer = UIApplication.SharedApplication.KeyWindow.Subviews[0].Layer;
            mainLayer.RenderInContext(UIGraphics.GetCurrentContext());
            var img = UIGraphics.GetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
            img.SaveToPhotosAlbum((iRef, status) =>
            {
                if (status != null)
                {
                    new UIAlertView("Problem", status.ToString(), null, "OK", null).Show();
                }
                else
                {
                    new UIAlertView("Saved", "Saved", null, "OK", null).Show();
                }
            });
        }
        finally
        {
            UIGraphics.EndImageContext();
        }

But to make sure your app didn't crash is to ask the user for the permission to save the images to the camera roll. Add this into info.plist

<key>NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription</key>
<string>This app requires read and write permission from the user.</string>

if you're adding it from the generic editor then "Privacy - Photo Library Additions Usage Description" will be the given option you will find out instead of "NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription".

Upvotes: 0

Rolf Bjarne Kvinge
Rolf Bjarne Kvinge

Reputation: 19345

Even more elegant:

UIScreen.MainScreen.Capture ();

Upvotes: 17

rFlex
rFlex

Reputation: 460

More elegant:

public static class UIViewExtensions {

    public static UIImage AsImage(this UIView view) {
        UIGraphics.BeginImageContextWithOptions(view.Bounds.Size, view.Opaque, 0);
        view.Layer.RenderInContext(UIGraphics.GetCurrentContext());
        UIImage img = UIGraphics.GetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
        UIGraphics.EndImageContext();

        return img;
    }

    public static UIImage TakeScreenshot() {
        return UIApplication.SharedApplication.KeyWindow.AsImage();
    }

}

Call UIViewExtensions.TakeScreenshot() to take a screenshot of the whole screen or you can call AsImage() to any view to get an UIImage representation of the view. It would be better to put the TakeScreenshot() method somewhere else as it is not an extension of the UIView class.

Upvotes: 3

Jason
Jason

Reputation: 89179

from Craig Dunn's site:

public void ScreenCapture()
{
   var documentsDirectory = Environment.GetFolderPath
                                  (Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal);

   Console.WriteLine("start capture of frame: " + this.View.Frame.Size);
   UIGraphics.BeginImageContext(View.Frame.Size); 
   var ctx = UIGraphics.GetCurrentContext();
   if (ctx != null)
   {
      View.Layer.RenderInContext(ctx);
      UIImage img = UIGraphics.GetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
      UIGraphics.EndImageContext();

      // Set to display in a UIImage control _on_ the view
      imageLogo.Image = img;

      // Save to Photos
      img.SaveToPhotosAlbum(
         (sender, args)=>{Console.WriteLine("image saved to Photos");}
      );

      // Save to application's Documents folder
      string png = Path.Combine (documentsDirectory, "Screenshot.png");
      // HACK: overwrite the splash screen. iSOFlair is the application name
      //string png = Path.Combine (documentsDirectory, "../iSOFlair.app/Default.png");
      NSData imgData = img.AsPNG();
      NSError err = null;
      if (imgData.Save(png, false, out err))
      {
         Console.WriteLine("saved as " + png);
      } else {
         Console.WriteLine("NOT saved as" + png + 
                            " because" + err.LocalizedDescription);
      }
   }
   else
   {
      Console.WriteLine("ctx null - doesn't seem to happen");
   }
}

Upvotes: 3

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