I'm currently trying to get this example work: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/app-fundamentals/dependency-service/photo-picker
However on iOS, the UIImagePickerController
is not showing up. I already have figured out, that this is because the calling page is a modal page (FormSheet
). I set this properties for the modal page.
<Style x:Key="ModalPageStyle" TargetType="ContentPage" BasedOn="{StaticResource DefaultPageStyle}">
<Setter Property="Shell.PresentationMode" Value="ModalAnimated" />
<Setter Property="ios:Page.ModalPresentationStyle" Value="FormSheet" />
</Style>
When I change the page back to a normal page (by removing the Style
), the UIImagePickerController
works fine. However I need to call it from the modal page.
I already tried to set the root ViewController to fullscreen.
public Task<Stream> GetImageStreamAsync()
{
// Create and define UIImagePickerController
imagePicker = new UIImagePickerController
{
SourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.PhotoLibrary,
MediaTypes = UIImagePickerController.AvailableMediaTypes(UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.PhotoLibrary),
ModalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.FormSheet,
};
// Set event handlers
imagePicker.FinishedPickingMedia += OnImagePickerFinishedPickingMedia;
imagePicker.Canceled += OnImagePickerCancelled;
// Present UIImagePickerController;
UIWindow window = UIApplication.SharedApplication.KeyWindow;
var viewController = window.RootViewController;
if(viewController.ModalPresentationStyle != UIModalPresentationStyle.FullScreen)
viewController.ModalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.FullScreen;
viewController.PresentViewController(imagePicker, true, null);
// Return Task object
taskCompletionSource = new TaskCompletionSource<Stream>();
return taskCompletionSource.Task;
}
However the result is the same.
Is there anyway at all to show the UIImagePickerController
from a modal page?
Thanks to @Cheesebaron I could fix the problem. This is working on my end.
public Task<Stream> GetImageStreamAsync()
{
// Create and define UIImagePickerController
imagePicker = new UIImagePickerController
{
SourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.PhotoLibrary,
MediaTypes = UIImagePickerController.AvailableMediaTypes(UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.PhotoLibrary),
//ModalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.FormSheet,
};
// Set event handlers
imagePicker.FinishedPickingMedia += OnImagePickerFinishedPickingMedia;
imagePicker.Canceled += OnImagePickerCancelled;
// Present UIImagePickerController;
UIViewController currentController = UIApplication.SharedApplication.KeyWindow.RootViewController;
while (currentController.PresentedViewController != null)
currentController = currentController.PresentedViewController;
currentController.PresentViewController(imagePicker, true, null);
// Return Task object
taskCompletionSource = new TaskCompletionSource<Stream>();
return taskCompletionSource.Task;
}
Thanks for helping out!