Error: Must create DependencySource on same Thread as the DependencyObject even by using Dispatcher

Question

The following is part of my View in which I have bound an Image to a property in my ViewModel:

<Image Source="{Binding Image}"  Grid.Column="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"/>

My ViewModel is this:

public class MainWindowViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    public BitmapImage Image
    {
        get { return _image; }
        set
        {
            _image = value;
            OnPropertyChanged();
        }
    }

    Action _makeScannerAlwaysOnAction;
    private BitmapImage _image;


    public MainWindowViewModel()
    {
        AddNewPersonCommand = new RelayCommand(OpenFrmAddNewPerson);
        FingerPrintScannerDevice.FingerPrintScanner.Init();
        MakeScannerAlwaysOn(null);
    }

    private void MakeScannerAlwaysOn(object obj)
    {
        _makeScannerAlwaysOnAction = MakeScannerOn;
        _makeScannerAlwaysOnAction.BeginInvoke(Callback, null);
    }

    private void Callback(IAsyncResult ar)
    {
        FingerPrintScannerDevice.FingerPrintScanner.UnInit();
        var objFingerPrintVerifier = new FingerPrintVerifier();
        objFingerPrintVerifier.StartVerifingProcess();
        var ms = new MemoryStream();
        ms.Position = 0;
        objFingerPrintVerifier.MatchPerson.Picture.Save(ms, ImageFormat.Png);
        var bi = new BitmapImage();
        bi.BeginInit();
        bi.StreamSource = ms;
        bi.EndInit();
        Thread.Sleep(2000);
        Dispatcher.CurrentDispatcher.Invoke(() => Image = bi);
        //Image = bi;

        _makeScannerAlwaysOnAction.BeginInvoke(Callback, null);
    }

    private void MakeScannerOn()
    {
        while (true)
        {
            if (FingerPrintScannerDevice.FingerPrintScanner.ScannerManager.Scanners[0].IsFingerOn)
            {
                return;
            }
        }
    }

    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    [NotifyPropertyChangedInvocator]
    protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null)
    {
        var handler = PropertyChanged;
        if (handler != null) handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
    }
}

My Problem: The problem is when I want to bind the Image it gives me the error

Must create DependencySource on same Thread as the DependencyObject

I have googled a lot and I have seen the post in SO but neither of them worked for me.

any kind of help would be very appreciated.

Answer 1

BitmapImage is DependencyObject so it does matter on which thread it has been created because you cannot access DependencyProperty of an object created on another thread unless it's a Freezable object and you can Freeze it.

Makes the current object unmodifiable and sets its IsFrozen property to true.

What you need to do is call Freeze before you update Image:

bi.BeginInit();
bi.StreamSource = ms;
bi.EndInit();
bi.Freeze();

Dispatcher.CurrentDispatcher.Invoke(() => Image = bi);

as pointed out by @AwkwardCoder here is Freezable Objects Overview