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c#windows-phone-8
user2737037
user2737037

Reputation: 1157

Bitmap of Windows Phone Control

Is it possible to get a bitmap of a specific control in Windows Phone?
In WindowsForm applications this is possible with the DrawToBitmap method, but in Windows Phone there isn't a method like that.
What shall I do?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 493

Answers (1)

Kevin Gosse
Kevin Gosse

Reputation: 39007

It is possible, using the WriteableBitmap class.

Let's say you have two controls, a button and an image:

<StackPanel>
    <Button x:Name="Button1" Content="Test" Click="Button1_Click" />
    <Image x:Name="Image1" />
</StackPanel>

And you want to generate a bitmap from the button, and assign it to Image1. Then just use the constructor of the WriteableBitmap that expects a UIElement, and assign your bitmap to the image control:

private void Button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    // Creates a bitmap with a visual representation of the button
    var bitmap = new WriteableBitmap(this.Button1, null);

    // Assigns the bitmap to the image control
    this.Image1.Source = bitmap;
}

Upvotes: 2

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