public async static Task <AbMediaContent> takePicture(Card card, Page parentPage)
{
//NOTE: must set compile using to "Android 6" and target android version 6
//Otherwise a null pointer error occurs when using Android 7.1 ...
await CrossMedia.Current.Initialize();
if (!CrossMedia.Current.IsCameraAvailable || !CrossMedia.Current.IsTakePhotoSupported)
{
await parentPage.DisplayAlert("No Camera", ":( No camera available.", "OK");
return(null);
}
var file = await CrossMedia.Current.TakePhotoAsync(
new Plugin.Media.Abstractions.StoreCameraMediaOptions
{
Name = $@"{Guid.NewGuid()}.jpg",
#if __IOS__
Directory = "Pictures",
#endif
SaveToAlbum = false
}
);
if (file == null)
{
return(null);
}
ImageMediaContent newMedia = new ImageMediaContent(file.Path);
card?.addMedia(newMedia);
MediaManager.addNewMedia(newMedia);
return(newMedia);
}
public async static Task <AbMediaContent> takeVideo(Card card, Page parentPage)
{
await CrossMedia.Current.Initialize();
if (!CrossMedia.Current.IsCameraAvailable || !CrossMedia.Current.IsTakeVideoSupported)
{
await parentPage.DisplayAlert("No Camera", ":( No camera for video available.", "OK");
return(null);
}
var file = await CrossMedia.Current.TakeVideoAsync(
new Plugin.Media.Abstractions.StoreVideoOptions
{
Name = $@"{Guid.NewGuid()}.mp4",
#if __IOS__
Directory = "Movies",
#endif
SaveToAlbum = false
}
);
if (file == null)
{
return(null);
}
await VideoThumbnailHelper.createVideoThumbnailAsync(file.Path);
VideoMediaContent newMedia = new VideoMediaContent(file.Path);
card?.addMedia(newMedia);
MediaManager.addNewMedia(newMedia);
return(newMedia);
}
/// <summary>
/// Must be called in starting activity!
/// </summary>
public async static Task initializeAsync()
{
await FilePaths.initFoldersAsync();
allCardsDict = new Dictionary <string, Card>();
//Read in and deserialize all JSON file cards
List <Card> allCards = await JSONSerialManager.deserializeDirAsync <Card>(FilePaths.allCardsDir);
foreach (Card card in allCards)
{
//NOTE: exception handling for messed up serialization leading to null writes
if (card != null)
{
allCardsDict.Add(card.name, card);
}
}
//Read in all MEDIA
await MediaManager.initializeAsync();
//FirebaseDownloadManager downloadManager = new FirebaseDownloadManager();
//downloadManager.initialize();
}
private async static Task <List <AbMediaContent> > readMediaSortAsync()
{
List <AbMediaContent> allReadMedia;
allReadMedia = await MediaManager.deserializeMediaFilesAsync(FilePaths.allImagesDir);
allReadMedia.AddRange(await MediaManager.deserializeMediaFilesAsync(FilePaths.allVideosDir));
allReadMedia.AddRange(await MediaManager.deserializeMediaFilesAsync(FilePaths.allAudiosDir));
allReadMedia.AddRange(await MediaManager.deserializeMediaFilesAsync(FilePaths.allNotesDir));
allReadMedia.AddRange(await MediaManager.deserializeContactFilesAsyc(FilePaths.allContactsDir));
//UserGalleryLoadManager galleryLoadManager = new UserGalleryLoadManager();
//allReadMedia.AddRange(galleryLoadManager.loadImages());
allReadMedia.Sort(new CardItemDateComparer <AbMediaContent>(true));
return(allReadMedia);
}
