Save Image from Source to Device

Question

Hi,

I have the following:

<Image x:Name="MyImage" Source="{Binding image}">
<Image.GestureRecognizers>
    <TapGestureRecognizer Tapped="SaveOnPhotoTapped" NumberOfTapsRequired="1" />
</Image.GestureRecognizers>
</Image>

How can I save that image from the Source to the local device?

Thanks,
Jassim

Answer 1

One way I've had success saving binary data as a local file on a mobile device is to convert the data to Byte[], base64 encode that, and set a preference with that string as the value:

Xamarin.Essentials.Preferences.Set(nameOfPreference, System.Convert.ToBase64String(imageDataAsByteArray);