How to set size of the bitmap in ZXing?

Question

I am using ZXing to generate a QR code. This is what my code looks like:

public partial class QRPage : ContentPage
{
    public QRPage()
    {
        InitializeComponent();


        var stream = DependencyService.Get<IBarcodeService>().ConvertImageStream("nika");
        qrImage.Source = ImageSource.FromStream(() => { return stream; });
        qrImage.HeightRequest = 200;
        
    }
}

And the other part:

[assembly: Xamarin.Forms.Dependency(typeof(BarcodeService))]
namespace MyApp.Droid
{
    public class BarcodeService : IBarcodeService
    {
        public Stream ConvertImageStream(string text, int width = 500, int height = 500)
        {
            var barcodeWriter = new ZXing.Mobile.BarcodeWriter
            {
                Format = ZXing.BarcodeFormat.QR_CODE,
                Options = new ZXing.Common.EncodingOptions
                {
                    Width = width,
                    Height = height,
                    Margin = 2
                }
            };

            barcodeWriter.Renderer = new ZXing.Mobile.BitmapRenderer();
            var bitmap = barcodeWriter.Write(text);
            var stream = new MemoryStream();
            bitmap.Compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.Jpeg, 100, stream);
            stream.Position = 0;
            return stream;
        }
    }
}

Here is the xaml where I'm using the code:

<StackLayout Padding="20,30,20,30">
    <Label Text="..." FontSize="Medium "/>
    <Frame VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand">
      <Image x:Name="qrImage" WidthRequest="300" />
    </Frame>
    ...
</StackLayout>

The problem is, that no matter what do I set as height and width for ConvertImageStream, the resulting image is not square, but rather looks like this:

How can I turn it into a square? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Your code is correct and the image correctly sized:

I doubled checked by saving it:

var filePath = System.IO.Path.Combine(Environment.ExternalStorageDirectory.AbsolutePath, "qrcode.png");
using (var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create))
{
    bitmap.Compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.Png, 100, fileStream);
}

And then pulling it and checking its size:

$ adb pull /sdcard/qrcode.png
[100%] /sdcard/qrcode.png
$ identify qrcode.png
qrcode.png PNG 500x500 500x500+0+0 8-bit sRGB 2.85KB 0.000u 0:00.000

My Page code:

var image = new Image();
var content = new ContentPage
{
    BackgroundColor = Color.Red,
    Title = "ZXingQRCode",
    Content = new StackLayout
    {
        VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.Center,
        Children = {
            new Label {
                HorizontalTextAlignment = TextAlignment.Center,
                Text = "StackOverflow",
                FontSize = 40
            },
            image
        }
    }
};
MainPage = new NavigationPage(content);
var stream = DependencyService.Get<IBarcodeService>().ConvertImageStream("https://StackOverflow.com");
image.Source = ImageSource.FromStream(() => { return stream; });
image.HeightRequest = 250;

Update:

It is the Frame that you are seeing that is wider then the image, not the image itself. Change the BackgroundColor of the Frame

<StackLayout Padding="20,30,20,30">
    <Label Text="..." FontSize="Medium" />
    <Frame VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand" BackgroundColor="Red">
        <Image x:Name="qrImage" WidthRequest="300" />
    </Frame>
</StackLayout>