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WIndows universal app with system.drawing and possible alternative

I'm developing a windows universal app and i need to work with Bitemap but

i cannot seem to reference System.Drawing,

Why cant windows universal app cannot reference this dll and what alternative do i have?

Edit Any suggestions on how can i use my already written filtering library (that depends on system.drawing) in a universal app?

Tnx

Solution

  • System.Drawing is the .NET namespace for working with GDI+. This technology is not available for Windows Store apps or universal Windows Apps. See .NET for Windows apps.

    You can make use of the Win2D project for a WinRT wrapper usable from C# for drawing with Direct2D/DirectWrite which are also supported for Windows Store apps and UWP. See Introducing Win2D: GPU accelerated 2D graphics programming in the Windows Runtime.

    You can make use of SharpDX which provides wrappers for Direct2D, DirectWrite, and the Windows Imaging Component (WIC).

    In short: You can't use an existing library that makes use of System.Drawing in a universal Windows Application.