public static async Task <SerializableBitmap> DownloadImage(string imageUrl)
{
try
{
var request = WebRequest.Create(imageUrl);
var response = await request.GetResponseAsync();
// NOTE*** ISSUE WITH AVALONIA UI BITMAP CONSTRUCTOR - HAD TO USE MEMORY STREAM
using (var stream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
{
stream.CopyTo(memoryStream);
memoryStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
var bitmap = new SerializableBitmap(memoryStream);
return(bitmap);
}
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
return(null);
}
}
public void SerializeBitmap(string fileName, SerializableBitmap objToSerialize)
{
FileStream fstream = File.Open(fileName, FileMode.Create);
BinaryFormatter binform = new BinaryFormatter();
binform.Serialize(fstream, objToSerialize);
fstream.Close();
}
public SerializableBitmap DeserializeBitmap(string fileName)
{
SerializableBitmap objToSerialize = null;
FileStream fstream = File.Open(fileName, FileMode.Open);
BinaryFormatter binform = new BinaryFormatter();
objToSerialize = (SerializableBitmap)binform.Deserialize(fstream);
fstream.Close();
return(objToSerialize);
}
