CameraCaptureUI

Namespace: XPlat.Media.Capture

Provides a full window UI for capturing video and photos from a camera.

public class CameraCaptureUI

Supported platforms

Platform	Version
Xamarin.Android	9.0
UWP	10.0.16299

Example

This example shows how to use the CameraCaptureUI class to take a picture.

CameraCaptureUI dialog = new CameraCaptureUI();
dialog.PhotoSettings.MaxResolution = CameraCaptureUIMaxPhotoResolution.HighestAvailable;

IStorageFile file = await dialog.CaptureFileAsync(CameraCaptureUIMode.Photo);

Constructors

CameraCaptureUI(Android.Content.Context) - Android

Parameters

context (Android.Content.Context)

The application context.

Properties

Context - Android

Gets or sets the Android context to be used for handling activity and intent events.

public Android.Content.Context Android { get; set; }

PhotoSettings

Provides settings for capturing photos.

public CameraCaptureUIPhotoCaptureSettings PhotoSettings { get; }

VideoSettings

Provides settings for capturing videos. The settings include maximum resolution, maximum duration, and whether or not to allow trimming.

public CameraCaptureUIVideoCaptureSettings VideoSettings { get; }

Methods

CaptureFileAsync(CameraCaptureUIMode)

Launches the CameraCaptureUI user interface.

public Task<IStorageFile> CaptureFileAsync(CameraCaptureUIMode mode);

Parameters

mode (CameraCaptureUIMode)

Specifies whether the user interface that will be shown allows the user to capture a photo, capture a video, or capture both photos and videos.

Returns

When this operation completes, an IStorageFile object is returned.