Conversion of BitmapImage to Byte array

Question

I want to convert a BitmapImage to ByteArray in a Windows Phone 7 Application. So I tried this but it throws the runtime Exception \"Invalid Pointer Exception\". Can anyone

Answer 1

I had same problem, this solves it:

Code before:

BitmapImage bi = new BitmapImage();
bi.SetSource(e.ChosenPhoto);
WriteableBitmap wb = new WriteableBitmap(bi);

Code after:

BitmapImage bi = new BitmapImage();
bi.CreateOptions = BitmapCreateOptions.None;
bi.SetSource(e.ChosenPhoto);
WriteableBitmap wb = new WriteableBitmap(bi);

Answer 2

Well I can make the code you've got considerably simpler:

public static byte[] ConvertToBytes(this BitmapImage bitmapImage)
{
    using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
    {
        WriteableBitmap btmMap = new WriteableBitmap
            (bitmapImage.PixelWidth, bitmapImage.PixelHeight);

        // write an image into the stream
        Extensions.SaveJpeg(btmMap, ms,
            bitmapImage.PixelWidth, bitmapImage.PixelHeight, 0, 100);

        return ms.ToArray();
    }
}

... but that probably won't solve the problem.

Another issue is that you're only ever using the size of bitmapImage - shouldn't you be copying that onto btmMap at some point?

Is there any reason you're not just using this:

WriteableBitmap btmMap = new WriteableBitmap(bitmapImage);

Can you give us more information about where the error occurs?

Answer 3

I'm not sure exactly what your problem is, but I know that the following code is a very minor change from code that I know works (mine was passing in a WriteableBitmap, not a BitmapImage):

public static byte[] ConvertToBytes(this BitmapImage bitmapImage)
{
    byte[] data = null;
    using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
    {
        WriteableBitmap wBitmap = new WriteableBitmap(bitmapImage);
        wBitmap.SaveJpeg(stream, wBitmap.PixelWidth, wBitmap.PixelHeight, 0, 100);
        stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
        data = stream.GetBuffer();
    }

    return data;
}