This recipe shows how to save a photo to an application’s Documents directory.
Recipe
The sample code uses the Camera helper from TweetStation to take a picture, and then demonstrates how to save it in the completion handler. The photo is saved to the applications Documents directory, like this:
TweetStation.Camera.TakePicture (this, (obj) =>{ var photo = obj.ValueForKey(new NSString("UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage")) as UIImage; var documentsDirectory = Environment.GetFolderPath (Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal); string jpgFilename = System.IO.Path.Combine (documentsDirectory, "Photo.jpg"); // hardcoded filename, overwritten each time NSData imgData = photo.AsJPEG(); NSError err = null; if (imgData.Save(jpgFilename, false, out err)) { Console.WriteLine("saved as " + jpgFilename); } else { Console.WriteLine("NOT saved as " + jpgFilename + " because" + err.LocalizedDescription); } });
Additional Information
Saving the image data in this way does NOT include the metadata supplied by the camera (such as GPS location, camera model, exposure, etc).