/// <summary>
/// Converts a UIImage to a byte array
/// </summary>
public static byte[] ToByteArray(this UIImage image)
{
if (image == null)
return null;
using (image)
{
using (var data = image.AsJPEG())
{
var bytes = new byte[data.Length];
Marshal.Copy(data.Bytes, bytes, 0, (int)data.Length);
return bytes;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the NSData representation of <c>UIImage</c> instance
/// </summary>
/// <returns>If conversation was successful returns the NSData representation of <c>UIImage</c> instance, otherwise returns <c>null</c></returns>
/// <param name="image"><c>UIImage</c> instance.</param>
/// <param name="imageType">Image type. Default is <c>ImageType.Jpeg</c></param>
public static NSData GetImageData(this UIImage image, ImageType imageType = ImageType.Jpeg)
{
try {
switch (imageType) {
case ImageType.Png:
return image.AsPNG ();
case ImageType.Jpeg:
default:
return image.AsJPEG();
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
Console.WriteLine (ex);
return null;
}
}
