AVCaptureMetadataOutputObjectsDelegate, DidOutputMetadataObjects not always called - xamarin

I trying to scan QR-codes in my app. It works sometimes and sometimes not. The feeling is that it doesn't work when something is loading on another thread. For example, if I press the scan button when nearby stores still are loading. Often it works if I wait.
The video capture is working because I will see the preview.
Here is my code:
private bool resultFound;
public ScannerView()
{
InitializeComponent();
On<Xamarin.Forms.PlatformConfiguration.iOS>().SetUseSafeArea(false);
view = new UIView();
ScannerArea.Children.Add(view);
}
void HandleAVRequestAccessStatus(bool accessGranted)
{
if (!accessGranted)
{
MainThread.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(async () =>
{
await NavigationHelper.Current.CloseModalAsync();
});
}
metadataOutput = new AVCaptureMetadataOutput();
var metadataDelegate = new MetadataOutputDelegate();
metadataOutput.SetDelegate(metadataDelegate, DispatchQueue.MainQueue);
session = new AVCaptureSession();
camera = AVCaptureDevice.DevicesWithMediaType(AVMediaType.Video).First();
input = AVCaptureDeviceInput.FromDevice(camera);
session.AddInput(input);
session.AddOutput(metadataOutput);
metadataOutput.MetadataObjectTypes = AVMetadataObjectType.QRCode | AVMetadataObjectType.EAN8Code | AVMetadataObjectType.EAN13Code;
metadataDelegate.MetadataFound += MetadataDelegate_MetadataFound;
camera.LockForConfiguration(out var error);
camera.VideoZoomFactor = 2;
camera.UnlockForConfiguration();
layer = new AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer(session);
layer.VideoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravity.ResizeAspectFill;
layer.MasksToBounds = true;
layer.Frame = UIApplication.SharedApplication.KeyWindow.RootViewController.View.Bounds;
view.Layer.AddSublayer(layer);
session.StartRunning();
}
protected override void OnAppearing()
{
base.OnAppearing();
var status = AVCaptureDevice.GetAuthorizationStatus(AVMediaType.Video);
if (status != AVAuthorizationStatus.Authorized)
{
MainThread.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(() =>
{
AVCaptureDevice.RequestAccessForMediaType(AVMediaType.Video, HandleAVRequestAccessStatus);
});
return;
}
HandleAVRequestAccessStatus(true);
}
protected override void OnDisappearing()
{
base.OnDisappearing();
session.StopRunning();
session.RemoveInput(input);
session = null;
}
void Handle_Clicked(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
NavigationHelper.Current.CloseModalAsync();
}
void MetadataDelegate_MetadataFound(object sender, AVMetadataMachineReadableCodeObject e)
{
if (resultFound)
{
return;
}
resultFound = true;
var text = e.StringValue;
Device.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(async () =>
{
Vibration.Vibrate(100);
await NavigationHelper.Current.CloseModalAsync();
TinyPubSub.Publish(NavigationParameter.ToString(), text);
});
}
}
public class MetadataOutputDelegate : AVCaptureMetadataOutputObjectsDelegate
{
public override void DidOutputMetadataObjects(AVCaptureMetadataOutput captureOutput, AVMetadataObject[] metadataObjects, AVCaptureConnection connection)
{
foreach (var m in metadataObjects)
{
if (m is AVMetadataMachineReadableCodeObject)
{
MetadataFound(this, m as AVMetadataMachineReadableCodeObject);
}
}
}
public event EventHandler<AVMetadataMachineReadableCodeObject> MetadataFound = delegate { };
}

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How to implement AdMob native ads in Xamarin Forms IOS?

I'm having a Xamarin Forms application where I could successfully add banner ads and native ads for the android with custom renderers using Google AdMob NuGet. What I'm trying to achieve here is to make them work on IOS, I managed to do that (I suppose as I'm receiving test ads) with banner but when it comes to native, I get unified native ad and it never renders...
I'm using it inside of a custom listview data template which I thought it might cause an issue, so I tried using it in the page itself but no luck, same issue.
Here is my IOS renderer so far:
[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(NativeAdMobUnit), typeof(NativeAdMobUnitRenderer))]
namespace Example.iOS.Components
{
public class NativeAdMobUnitRenderer : ViewRenderer<NativeAdMobUnit, NativeExpressAdView>
{
protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<NativeAdMobUnit> e)
{
base.OnElementChanged(e);
if (e.NewElement == null)
return;
if (e.OldElement == null)
{
CreateAdView(this, e.NewElement.AdUnitId);
}
}
private void CreateAdView(NativeAdMobUnitRenderer renderer,String AdUnitId)
{
if (Element == null) return;
var loader = new AdLoader(
AdUnitId,
GetVisibleViewController(),
new AdLoaderAdType[] { AdLoaderAdType.UnifiedNative },
new AdLoaderOptions[] {
new NativeAdViewAdOptions {PreferredAdChoicesPosition = AdChoicesPosition.TopRightCorner}
});
var request = Request.GetDefaultRequest();
request.TestDevices = new string[] { Request.SimulatorId };
try
{
loader.Delegate = new MyAdLoaderDelegate(renderer);
Device.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(() => {
loader.LoadRequest(Request.GetDefaultRequest());
});
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
}
}
private UIViewController GetVisibleViewController()
{
var windows = UIApplication.SharedApplication.Windows;
foreach (var window in windows)
{
if (window.RootViewController != null)
{
return window.RootViewController;
}
}
return null;
}
private class MyAdLoaderDelegate : NSObject, IUnifiedNativeAdLoaderDelegate
{
private readonly NativeAdMobUnitRenderer _renderer;
public MyAdLoaderDelegate(NativeAdMobUnitRenderer renderer)
{
_renderer = renderer;
}
public void DidReceiveUnifiedNativeAd(AdLoader adLoader, UnifiedNativeAd nativeAd)
{
Debug.WriteLine("DidReceiveUnifiedNativeAd");
}
public void DidFailToReceiveAd(AdLoader adLoader, RequestError error)
{
Debug.WriteLine("DidFailToReceiveAd");
}
public void DidFinishLoading(AdLoader adLoader)
{
Debug.WriteLine("DidFinishLoading");
}
}
}
}
And that's the same but for Android which is working as expected:
[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(NativeAdMobUnit), typeof(NativeAdMobUnitRenderer))]
namespace Example.Droid.Renderers
{
public class NativeAdMobUnitRenderer : ViewRenderer
{
public NativeAdMobUnitRenderer(Context context) : base(context)
{
}
protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<Xamarin.Forms.View> e)
{
base.OnElementChanged(e);
if (Control == null)
{
NativeAdMobUnit NativeAdUnit = (NativeAdMobUnit)Element;
var adLoader = new AdLoader.Builder(Context, NativeAdUnit.AdUnitId);
var listener = new UnifiedNativeAdLoadedListener();
listener.OnNativeAdLoaded += (s, ad) =>
{
try
{
var root = new UnifiedNativeAdView(Context);
var inflater = (LayoutInflater)Context.GetSystemService(Context.LayoutInflaterService);
var adView = (UnifiedNativeAdView)inflater.Inflate(Resource.Layout.ad_unified, root);
populateUnifiedNativeAdView(ad, adView);
SetNativeControl(adView);
}
catch
{
}
};
adLoader.ForUnifiedNativeAd(listener);
var requestBuilder = new AdRequest.Builder();
adLoader.Build().LoadAd(requestBuilder.Build());
}
}
private void populateUnifiedNativeAdView(UnifiedNativeAd nativeAd, UnifiedNativeAdView adView)
{
adView.MediaView = adView.FindViewById<MediaView>(Resource.Id.ad_media);
// Set other ad assets.
adView.HeadlineView = adView.FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.ad_headline);
adView.BodyView = adView.FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.ad_body);
adView.CallToActionView = adView.FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.ad_call_to_action);
adView.IconView = adView.FindViewById<ImageView>(Resource.Id.ad_app_icon);
adView.PriceView = adView.FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.ad_price);
adView.StarRatingView = adView.FindViewById<RatingBar>(Resource.Id.ad_stars);
adView.StoreView = adView.FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.ad_store);
adView.AdvertiserView = adView.FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.ad_advertiser);
// The headline and mediaContent are guaranteed to be in every UnifiedNativeAd.
((TextView)adView.HeadlineView).Text = nativeAd.Headline;
// These assets aren't guaranteed to be in every UnifiedNativeAd, so it's important to
// check before trying to display them.
if (nativeAd.Body == null)
{
adView.BodyView.Visibility = ViewStates.Invisible;
}
else
{
adView.BodyView.Visibility = ViewStates.Visible;
((TextView)adView.BodyView).Text = nativeAd.Body;
}
if (nativeAd.CallToAction == null)
{
adView.CallToActionView.Visibility = ViewStates.Invisible;
}
else
{
adView.CallToActionView.Visibility = ViewStates.Visible;
((Android.Widget.Button)adView.CallToActionView).Text = nativeAd.CallToAction;
}
if (nativeAd.Icon == null)
{
adView.IconView.Visibility = ViewStates.Gone;
}
else
{
((ImageView)adView.IconView).SetImageDrawable(nativeAd.Icon.Drawable);
adView.IconView.Visibility = ViewStates.Visible;
}
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(nativeAd.Price))
{
adView.PriceView.Visibility = ViewStates.Gone;
}
else
{
adView.PriceView.Visibility = ViewStates.Visible;
((TextView)adView.PriceView).Text = nativeAd.Price;
}
if (nativeAd.Store == null)
{
adView.StoreView.Visibility = ViewStates.Invisible;
}
else
{
adView.StoreView.Visibility = ViewStates.Visible;
((TextView)adView.StoreView).Text = nativeAd.Store;
}
if (nativeAd.StarRating == null)
{
adView.StarRatingView.Visibility = ViewStates.Invisible;
}
else
{
((RatingBar)adView.StarRatingView).Rating = nativeAd.StarRating.FloatValue();
adView.StarRatingView.Visibility = ViewStates.Visible;
}
if (nativeAd.Advertiser == null)
{
adView.AdvertiserView.Visibility = ViewStates.Invisible;
}
else
{
((TextView)adView.AdvertiserView).Text = nativeAd.Advertiser;
adView.AdvertiserView.Visibility = ViewStates.Visible;
}
adView.SetNativeAd(nativeAd);
}
}
public class UnifiedNativeAdLoadedListener : AdListener, UnifiedNativeAd.IOnUnifiedNativeAdLoadedListener
{
public void OnUnifiedNativeAdLoaded(UnifiedNativeAd ad)
{
OnNativeAdLoaded?.Invoke(this, ad);
}
public EventHandler<UnifiedNativeAd> OnNativeAdLoaded { get; set; }
}
}

Xmarin.forms iOS check whether captured photo contains face or not

In my xamarin.forms app, I created a custom camera by using Camera view and custom renders. Everything works fine. In android after the photo capture I can check whether the taken photo contains a face or not.It is done by using Camera.IFaceDetectionListener. My question is how can I achieve this in iOS? I know there is vision API. But I don't want the live face tracking. I just simply want to check whether the taken photo contains face. Any help is appreciated.
My iOS CameraPreview
public class UICameraPreview : UIView, IAVCaptureMetadataOutputObjectsDelegate
{
AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer previewLayer;
public AVCaptureDevice[] videoDevices;
CameraOptions cameraOptions;
public AVCaptureStillImageOutput stillImageOutput;
public AVCaptureDeviceInput captureDeviceInput;
public AVCaptureDevice device;
public event EventHandler<EventArgs> Tapped;
public AVCaptureSession CaptureSession { get; set; }
public bool IsPreviewing { get; set; }
public AVCaptureStillImageOutput CaptureOutput { get; set; }
public UICameraPreview(CameraOptions options)
{
cameraOptions = options;
IsPreviewing = false;
Initialize();
}
public override void LayoutSubviews()
{
base.LayoutSubviews();
if (previewLayer != null)
previewLayer.Frame = Bounds;
}
public override void TouchesBegan(NSSet touches, UIEvent evt)
{
base.TouchesBegan(touches, evt);
OnTapped();
}
protected virtual void OnTapped()
{
var eventHandler = Tapped;
if (eventHandler != null)
{
eventHandler(this, new EventArgs());
}
}
void Initialize()
{
CaptureSession = new AVCaptureSession();
previewLayer = new AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer(CaptureSession)
{
Frame = Bounds,
VideoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravity.ResizeAspectFill
};
videoDevices = AVCaptureDevice.DevicesWithMediaType(AVMediaType.Video);
var cameraPosition = (cameraOptions == CameraOptions.Front) ? AVCaptureDevicePosition.Front : AVCaptureDevicePosition.Back;
device = videoDevices.FirstOrDefault(d => d.Position == cameraPosition);
if (device == null)
{
return;
}
NSError error;
captureDeviceInput = new AVCaptureDeviceInput(device, out error);
CaptureSession.AddInput(captureDeviceInput);
var dictionary = new NSMutableDictionary();
dictionary[AVVideo.CodecKey] = new NSNumber((int)AVVideoCodec.JPEG);
stillImageOutput = new AVCaptureStillImageOutput()
{
OutputSettings = new NSDictionary()
};
CaptureSession.AddOutput(stillImageOutput);
Layer.AddSublayer(previewLayer);
CaptureSession.StartRunning();
IsPreviewing = true;
}
// Photo Capturing
public async Task CapturePhoto()
{
try
{
var videoConnection = stillImageOutput.ConnectionFromMediaType(AVMediaType.Video);
var sampleBuffer = await stillImageOutput.CaptureStillImageTaskAsync(videoConnection);
var jpegData = AVCaptureStillImageOutput.JpegStillToNSData(sampleBuffer);
var photo = new UIImage(jpegData);
var rotatedPhoto = RotateImage(photo, 180f);
var img = rotatedPhoto;
CALayer layer = new CALayer
{
ContentsScale = 1.0f,
Frame = Bounds,
Contents = rotatedPhoto.CGImage //Contents = photo.CGImage,
};
CaptureSession.StopRunning();
photo.SaveToPhotosAlbum((image, error) =>
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(error?.LocalizedDescription))
{
Console.Error.WriteLine($"\t\t\tError: {error.LocalizedDescription}");
}
});
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
}
//MainPage.UpdateSource(UIImageFromLayer(layer).AsJPEG().AsStream());
//MainPage.UpdateImage(UIImageFromLayer(layer).AsJPEG().AsStream());
}
}
My CameraPreviewRenderer
public class CameraPreviewRenderer : ViewRenderer<CameraPreview, UICameraPreview>, IAVCaptureMetadataOutputObjectsDelegate
{
UICameraPreview uiCameraPreview;
AVCaptureSession captureSession;
AVCaptureDeviceInput captureDeviceInput;
AVCaptureStillImageOutput stillImageOutput;
protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<CameraPreview> e)
{
base.OnElementChanged(e);
if (e.OldElement != null)
{
// Unsubscribe
uiCameraPreview.Tapped -= OnCameraPreviewTapped;
}
if (e.NewElement != null)
{
if (Control == null)
{
uiCameraPreview = new UICameraPreview(e.NewElement.Camera);
SetNativeControl(uiCameraPreview);
MessagingCenter.Subscribe<Camera_Popup>(this, "CaptureClick", async (sender) =>
{
try
{
// Using messeging center to take photo when clicking button from shared code
var data = new AVCaptureMetadataOutputObjectsDelegate();
await uiCameraPreview.CapturePhoto();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return;
}
});
}
MessagingCenter.Subscribe<Camera_Popup>(this, "RetryClick", (sender) =>
{
Device.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(() =>
{
uiCameraPreview.CaptureSession.StartRunning();
uiCameraPreview.IsPreviewing = true;
});
});
MessagingCenter.Subscribe<Camera_Popup>(this, "FlipClick", (sender) =>
{
try
{
var devicePosition = uiCameraPreview.captureDeviceInput.Device.Position;
if (devicePosition == AVCaptureDevicePosition.Front)
{
devicePosition = AVCaptureDevicePosition.Back;
}
else
{
devicePosition = AVCaptureDevicePosition.Front;
}
uiCameraPreview.device = uiCameraPreview.videoDevices.FirstOrDefault(d => d.Position == devicePosition);
uiCameraPreview.CaptureSession.BeginConfiguration();
uiCameraPreview.CaptureSession.RemoveInput(uiCameraPreview.captureDeviceInput);
uiCameraPreview.captureDeviceInput = AVCaptureDeviceInput.FromDevice(uiCameraPreview.device);
uiCameraPreview.CaptureSession.AddInput(uiCameraPreview.captureDeviceInput);
uiCameraPreview.CaptureSession.CommitConfiguration();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
var abc = ex.InnerException.Message;
}
});
uiCameraPreview.Tapped += OnCameraPreviewTapped;
}
}
void OnCameraPreviewTapped(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (uiCameraPreview.IsPreviewing)
{
uiCameraPreview.CaptureSession.StopRunning();
uiCameraPreview.IsPreviewing = false;
}
else
{
uiCameraPreview.CaptureSession.StartRunning();
uiCameraPreview.IsPreviewing = true;
}
}
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (disposing)
{
Control.CaptureSession.Dispose();
Control.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}
}
The CoreImage framework has CIDetector that provides image detectors for faces, QR codes, text, .... in which you pass in an image and you get a specific "feature set" back.
Example from Xamarin docs:
var imageFile = "photoFace2.jpg";
var image = new UIImage(imageFile);
var context = new CIContext ();
var detector = CIDetector.CreateFaceDetector (context, true);
var ciImage = CIImage.FromCGImage (image.CGImage);
var features = detector.GetFeatures (ciImage);
Console.WriteLine ("Found " + features.Length + " faces");
re: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/CoreImage.CIDetector?view=xamarin-ios-sdk-12

OnAppearing() method is performing before calling the OnCurrentPageChanged() method

For the first time I'm restricting the onAppearing() methods in all child pages of tabbed page. I need to call the onAppearing() when I change the tab. For that, I'm using OnCurrentPageChanged() to call the onAppearing() method.
When I change the tab, I'm calling the OnCurrentPageChanged() and giving them access to run the onAppearing() functionality. onAppearing() is calling before calling the OnCurrentPageChanged().
TabbedPage code:
public partial class VendorScheduleTabbedPage : Xamarin.Forms.TabbedPage
{
public int isCount;
public VendorScheduleTabbedPage ()
{
InitializeComponent ();
Xamarin.Forms.Application.Current.Properties["dayOnAppear"] = false;
Xamarin.Forms.Application.Current.Properties["weekOnAppear"] = false;
Xamarin.Forms.Application.Current.Properties["monthOnAppear"] = false;
On<Android>().SetBarItemColor(value: Color.FromHex("#6699FF"));
On<Android>().SetBarSelectedItemColor(value: Color.Orange);
}
override protected void OnCurrentPageChanged()
{
isCount = 1;
if (this.CurrentPage.Title == "Week")
{
Xamarin.Forms.Application.Current.Properties["weekOnAppear"] = true;
}
if (this.CurrentPage.Title == "Month")
{
Xamarin.Forms.Application.Current.Properties["monthOnAppear"] = true;
}
else
{
Xamarin.Forms.Application.Current.Properties["dayOnAppear"] = true;
}
base.OnCurrentPageChanged();
}
}
}
Week Page code(child page):
public WeekSchedulePage()
{
InitializeComponent();
NavigationPage.SetHasNavigationBar(this, false);
timeSlot = new List<VendorScheduleTimeSlot>();
scheduleSlots = new List<VendorScheduleTimeSlot>();
lstVendorsData = new List<ScheduledCustomersVM>();
SortedList = new List<ScheduledCustomersVM>();
scheduledCustomersList = new List<ScheduledCustomersVM>();
rescheduledCustomersList = new List<RescheduledCustomersVM>();
ConfirmBtn.IsVisible = true;
ConfirmBtn.IsEnabled = false;
vendorDayAndHoursDataVM = new VendorDayAndHoursDataVM();
lstDaysAndHours = new List<VendorDayAndHoursDataVM>();
lstQuestionsData = new List<VendorQuestionsDataVM>();
overlay.IsVisible = false;
Alert.IsVisible = false;
presentWeekDay.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy");
currentDayName = DateTime.Now.DayOfWeek.ToString();
currentDate = DateTime.Parse(presentWeekDay.Text);
}
protected override void OnAppearing()
{
var isAppear = Convert.ToBoolean(Application.Current.Properties["weekOnAppear"].ToString());
if (isAppear == true)
{
ConfirmBtn.IsVisible = true;
ConfirmBtn.IsEnabled = false;
overlay.IsVisible = false;
Alert.IsVisible = false;
Application.Current.Properties["dayOnAppear"] = true;
Application.Current.Properties["monthOnAppear"] = true;
ConfirmBtn.IsEnabled = false;
scheduledCustomersList.Clear();
rescheduledCustomersList.Clear();
presentWeekDay.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy");
currentDayName = DateTime.Now.DayOfWeek.ToString();
weekwiseTimeslotClick();
base.OnAppearing();
}
}
Here I need to call OnCurrentPageChanged() method first instead of the OnApearing() method. And OnCurrentPageChanged() will give the bool value to perform the code which is in OnApearing() method.
In Android, onAppearing is called before OnCurrentPageChanged while in iOS OnCurrentPageChanged is called before onAppearing.
1.As jgoldberger suggested, you can call method in each Page after CurrentPageChanged:
override protected void OnCurrentPageChanged()
{
if (this.CurrentPage.Title == "Week")
{
Xamarin.Forms.Application.Current.Properties["weekOnAppear"] = true;
NavigationPage naviPage = this.Children[0] as NavigationPage;
WeekPage page = naviPage.RootPage as WeekPage;
page.test();
}else if (this.CurrentPage.Title == "Month")
{
Xamarin.Forms.Application.Current.Properties["monthOnAppear"] = true;
NavigationPage naviPage = this.Children[1] as NavigationPage;
MonthPage page = naviPage.RootPage as MonthPage;
page.test();
}
else
{
Xamarin.Forms.Application.Current.Properties["dayOnAppear"] = true;
NavigationPage naviPage = this.Children[2] as NavigationPage;
DayPage page = naviPage.RootPage as DayPage;
page.test();
}
base.OnCurrentPageChanged();
}
}
2.You can use messaging-center to notify specific page to perform some actions after CurrentPageChanged:
override protected void OnCurrentPageChanged()
{
string testStr;
if (this.CurrentPage.Title == "Week")
{
testStr = "Week";
}else if (this.CurrentPage.Title == "Month")
{
testStr = "Month";
}
else
{
testStr = "Day";
}
MessagingCenter.Send<object, string>(new object(), "CurrentPageChanged", testStr);
base.OnCurrentPageChanged();
}
And in each page:
public partial class MonthPage : ContentPage
{
public MonthPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
MessagingCenter.Subscribe<object, string>(new object(), "CurrentPageChanged", async (sender, arg) =>
{
if (arg == "Month")
{
Console.WriteLine(arg);
//do something
}
});
}
public void test() {
Console.WriteLine("test");
//do something
}
}
BTW, you should use if...else if...else instead of if...if...else in your control statement.

Using UIDocumentPickerViewController in Xamarin forms as a dependency service

I'm using Xamarin forms and writing a dependency service for the following objectives :
Open iOS files app. (UIDocumentPickerViewController )
Select any kind of a document.
Copy that document into my application Documents directory. (For app access)
Show that document into my application by storing its path into my SQLite DB.
What I am trying to do here is call the Files app from my application on an Entry click and the click event seems to be working well my dependency service calls perfectly but now when I try to use the UIDocumentPickerViewController I am unable to get View controller context in my dependency service to call the PresentViewController method. Now I know about the xamarin forms context but I don't know if it will work here and I don't even know if it would be a smart idea to use it as it has already been marked as obsolete and since I am not from the iOS background, I don't know what would be the right solution for it.
My code is as follows :
public class DocumentPickerRenderer : IDocumentPicker
{
public object PickFile()
{
var docPicker = new UIDocumentPickerViewController(new string[] { UTType.Data, UTType.Content }, UIDocumentPickerMode.Import);
docPicker.WasCancelled += (sender, wasCancelledArgs) =>
{
};
docPicker.DidPickDocumentAtUrls += (object sender, UIDocumentPickedAtUrlsEventArgs e) =>
{
Console.WriteLine("url = {0}", e.Urls[0].AbsoluteString);
//bool success = await MoveFileToApp(didPickDocArgs.Url);
var success = true;
string filename = e.Urls[0].LastPathComponent;
string msg = success ? string.Format("Successfully imported file '{0}'", filename) : string.Format("Failed to import file '{0}'", filename);
var alertController = UIAlertController.Create("import", msg, UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert);
var okButton = UIAlertAction.Create("OK", UIAlertActionStyle.Default, (obj) =>
{
alertController.DismissViewController(true, null);
});
alertController.AddAction(okButton);
PresentViewController(alertController, true, null);
};
PresentViewController(docPicker, true, null);
}
}
My questions:
Is my methodology correct for picking files?
what will be the object that I will be getting as a callback from a file selection and how will I get the callback?
Is there any other way or something available for xamarin forms, some guide or something that allows me to pick documents from my native file systems and gives a brief on how to handle it in both ios and android?
Hello Guys, You can use following code for picking any type of documents to mention in code using iOS Devices-
use follwing interface:
public interface IMedia
{
Task<string> OpenDocument();
}
public Task<string> OpenDocument()
{
var task = new TaskCompletionSource<string>();
try
{
OpenDoc(GetController(), (obj) =>
{
if (obj == null)
{
task.SetResult(null);
return;
}
var aa = obj.AbsoluteUrl;
task.SetResult(aa.Path);
});
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
task.SetException(ex);
}
return task.Task;
}
static Action<NSUrl> _callbackDoc;
public static void OpenDoc(UIViewController parent, Action<NSUrl> callback)
{
_callbackDoc = callback;
var version = UIDevice.CurrentDevice.SystemVersion;
int verNum = 0;
Int32.TryParse(version.Substring(0, 2), out verNum);
var allowedUTIs = new string[]
{
UTType.UTF8PlainText,
UTType.PlainText,
UTType.RTF,
UTType.PNG,
UTType.Text,
UTType.PDF,
UTType.Image,
UTType.Spreadsheet,
"com.microsoft.word.doc",
"org.openxmlformats.wordprocessingml.document",
"com.microsoft.powerpoint.ppt",
"org.openxmlformats.spreadsheetml.sheet",
"org.openxmlformats.presentationml.presentation",
"com.microsoft.excel.xls",
};
// Display the picker
var pickerMenu = new UIDocumentMenuViewController(allowedUTIs, UIDocumentPickerMode.Import);
pickerMenu.DidPickDocumentPicker += (sender, args) =>
{
if (verNum < 11)
{
args.DocumentPicker.DidPickDocument += (sndr, pArgs) =>
{
UIApplication.SharedApplication.OpenUrl(pArgs.Url);
pArgs.Url.StopAccessingSecurityScopedResource();
var cb = _callbackDoc;
_callbackDoc = null;
pickerMenu.DismissModalViewController(true);
cb(pArgs.Url.AbsoluteUrl);
};
}
else
{
args.DocumentPicker.DidPickDocumentAtUrls += (sndr, pArgs) =>
{
UIApplication.SharedApplication.OpenUrl(pArgs.Urls[0]);
pArgs.Urls[0].StopAccessingSecurityScopedResource();
var cb = _callbackDoc;
_callbackDoc = null;
pickerMenu.DismissModalViewController(true);
cb(pArgs.Urls[0].AbsoluteUrl);
};
}
// Display the document picker
parent.PresentViewController(args.DocumentPicker, true, null);
};
pickerMenu.ModalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.Popover;
parent.PresentViewController(pickerMenu, true, null);
UIPopoverPresentationController presentationPopover = pickerMenu.PopoverPresentationController;
if (presentationPopover != null)
{
presentationPopover.SourceView = parent.View;
presentationPopover.PermittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection.Down;
}
}
Now you need to call using following code:
var filePath = await DependencyService.Get<IMedia>().OpenDocument();
For pick document in Android, you can use following code
public class IntentHelper
{
public const int DocPicker = 101;
static Action<string> _callback;
public static async void ActivityResult(int requestCode, Result resultCode, Intent data)
{ if (requestCode == RequestCodes.DocPicker)
{
if (data.Data == null)
{
_callback(null);
}
else
{
var destFilePath = FilePath.GetPath(CurrentActivity, data.Data);
_callback(destFilePath);
}
}
}
public static Activity CurrentActivity
{
get
{
return (Xamarin.Forms.Forms.Context as MainActivity);
}
}
public static void OpenDocPicker(Action<string> callback)
{
_callback = callback;
var intent = new Intent(Intent.ActionOpenDocument);
intent.AddCategory(Intent.CategoryOpenable);
intent.SetType("*/*");
CurrentActivity.StartActivityForResult(intent, RequestCodes.DocPicker);
}
}
For pick document in Android, you can use following code:
public class IntentHelper
{
public const int DocPicker = 101;
static Action<string> _callback;
public static async void ActivityResult(int requestCode, Result resultCode, Intent data)
{
if (requestCode == RequestCodes.DocPicker)
{
if (data.Data == null)
{
_callback(null);
}
else
{
var destFilePath = FilePath.GetPath(CurrentActivity, data.Data);
_callback(destFilePath);
}
}
}
public static Activity CurrentActivity
{
get
{
return (Xamarin.Forms.Forms.Context as MainActivity);
}
}
public static void OpenDocPicker(Action<string> callback)
{
_callback = callback;
var intent = new Intent(Intent.ActionOpenDocument);
intent.AddCategory(Intent.CategoryOpenable);
intent.SetType("*/*");
CurrentActivity.StartActivityForResult(intent, RequestCodes.DocPicker);
}
}
Use below code to access the helper class: public class Media:
IMedia {
public Task<string> OpenDocument() {
var task = new TaskCompletionSource<string>();
try {
IntentHelper.OpenDocPicker((path) => { task.SetResult(path); });
} catch (Exception ex) {
task.SetResult(null);
}
return task.Task;
}
}
Since I was looking for UIDocumentPickerViewController and not UIDocumentMenuViewController the other answer was not what I was looking for :
So this is how I ended up doing it:
Calling the document picker:
var docPicker = new UIDocumentPickerViewController(new string[]
{ UTType.Data, UTType.Content }, UIDocumentPickerMode.Import);
docPicker.WasCancelled += DocPicker_WasCancelled;
docPicker.DidPickDocumentAtUrls += DocPicker_DidPickDocumentAtUrls;
docPicker.DidPickDocument += DocPicker_DidPickDocument;
var _currentViewController = GetCurrentUIController();
if (_currentViewController != null)
_currentViewController.PresentViewController(docPicker, true, null);
Where GetCurrentUIController is the function to get the current UI controller something like this :
public UIViewController GetCurrentUIController()
{
UIViewController viewController;
var window = UIApplication.SharedApplication.KeyWindow;
if (window == null)
{
return null;
}
if (window.RootViewController.PresentedViewController == null)
{
window = UIApplication.SharedApplication.Windows
.First(i => i.RootViewController != null &&
i.RootViewController.GetType().FullName
.Contains(typeof(Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.Platform).FullName));
}
viewController = window.RootViewController;
while (viewController.PresentedViewController != null)
{
viewController = viewController.PresentedViewController;
}
return viewController;
}
For below iOS 11 i added the DidPickDocument event:
private void DocPicker_DidPickDocument(object sender, UIDocumentPickedEventArgs e)
{
try
{
NSUrl filePath = e.Url.AbsoluteUrl;
//This is the url for your document and you can use it as you please.
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
}
}
For above iOS 11 you use the DidPickDocumentUrls since multipick is supported there :
private void DocPicker_DidPickDocumentAtUrls(object sender, UIDocumentPickedAtUrlsEventArgs e)
{
try
{
List<NSUrl> filePath = e.Urls.ToList().Select(y => y.AbsoluteUrl).ToList();
//returns the list of images selected
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
AppLogger.LogException(ex);
}
}

MVVMCross ZXing back button

I have got a problem with back button in MVVMCross when using zxing barcode scanner. Unfortunetly, when I press back button, there is an error: Java.Lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'long android.graphics.Paint.getNativeInstance()' on a null object reference
When I comment metohs scan() weverything is ok.
Someone know what's going wrong?
This is my fragment scann view class:
public class ScannView : MvxFragmentActivity, IBarcodeFragmentOptions
{
protected ScannViewModel MainViewModel
{
get { return ViewModel as ScannViewModel; }
}
public static ZXingScannerFragment scanFragment;
protected override void OnResume()
{
base.OnResume();
try
{
if (scanFragment == null)
{
scanFragment = new ZXingScannerFragment();
SupportFragmentManager.BeginTransaction()
.Replace(Resource.Id.frameScanner, scanFragment)
.Commit();
}
scan();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine(ex);
}
}
protected override void OnPause()
{
try
{
scanFragment?.StopScanning();
base.OnPause();
}catch(Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex);
}
}
protected override void OnRestart()
{
base.OnRestart();
}
public void ToogleFlashLight(bool on)
{
if (scanFragment != null)
scanFragment.SetTorch(on);
}
public void scan()
{
try
{
// var results = await CrossPermissions.Current.RequestPermissionsAsync(Plugin.Permissions.Abstractions.Permission.Camera);
// var status = results[Plugin.Permissions.Abstractions.Permission.Camera];
// if (status == Plugin.Permissions.Abstractions.PermissionStatus.Granted)
// {
var opts = new MobileBarcodeScanningOptions
{
PossibleFormats = new List<ZXing.BarcodeFormat> {
ZXing.BarcodeFormat.QR_CODE
},
CameraResolutionSelector = availableResolutions => {
foreach (var ar in availableResolutions)
{
Console.WriteLine("Resolution: " + ar.Width + "x" + ar.Height);
}
return null;
}
};
scanFragment?.StartScanning(opts,result =>
{
if (result == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(result.Text))
{
RunOnUiThread(() => Toast.MakeText(this, "Anulowanie skanowanie", ToastLength.Long).Show());
return;
}
MainViewModel.ScannedCode = result.Text; //ChangePropertyToEmpty();
RunOnUiThread(() => Toast.MakeText(this, "Zeskanowano: " + result.Text, ToastLength.Short).Show());
});
// }
}catch(Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine(ex);
}
}
protected override void OnViewModelSet()
{
MobileBarcodeScanner.Initialize(Application);
base.OnViewModelSet();
SetContentView(Resource.Layout.layout_scann);
}
}
And here in my viewmdoel I have simple method to close current viewmodel:
public void ButtonBackClick()
{
Close(this);
}

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