Recognize .NET MAUI Image loading failure

Question

I'm using the .NET MAUI Image control to display images stored on disk.

In rare cases an image file can be damaged, so the image cannot be loaded into the Image control. If this happens, I see an exception in the log:

Microsoft.Maui.FileImageSourceService: Warning: Unable to load image file '/Users/frank/Library/c12d2fe8-90bb-4a19-9887-6091059ea74d-2023-02-20T10-44-41-855Z'. System.InvalidOperationException: Unable to load image file. at Microsoft.Maui.FileImageSourceService.GetImageAsync(IFileImageSource imageSource, Single scale, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

I would like to display a special warning symbol if loading fails.

How can I catch this exception or get to know in any other way, if loading has succeeded or failed?

Answer 1

Hello,

You could use the GetPlatformImageAsync method and determine whether the returned result is empty to determine whether the image is loaded successfully, please refer to the following code example:

<Image x:Name="img"
	Loaded="Image_Loaded"
	Source="dotnet.png"
	...
	/>
private async void Image_Loaded(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
    var res = await img.Source.GetPlatformImageAsync(Handler.MauiContext);
    if (res == null)
    {
        img.Source = "dotnet_bot.png";
    }
}

Best Regards,

Alec Liu.

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