take a picture
new project, c#, android, single view app
Open Solution Explorer-> Project Name->Resources->Layout->Main.axml. Click Open Design View
solution explorer, resources, main.axml code :

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView"
        android:layout_weight="9"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
    <Button
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:id="@+id/btnCamera"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Open Camera" />
</LinearLayout>

Go to Solution Explorer-> Project Name. Right click to Add->Class, followed by opening new Dialog box. This dialog box is required to select the class and give name for BitmapHelpers.cs.
Open Solution Explorer-> Project Name->Resources-> BitmapHelpers.cs. This class is reducing the image size and recycling the memory. It will be used to calculate an image ratio.
code

Code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Android.App;
using Android.Content;
using Android.OS;
using Android.Runtime;
using Android.Views;
using Android.Widget;
using Android.Graphics;
using Android.Graphics.Drawables;
namespace Camera
{
    public static class BitmapHelpers
    {
        /// This method will recyle the memory help by a bitmap in an ImageView  
        public static void RecycleBitmap(this ImageView imageView)
        {
            if (imageView == null)
            {
                return;
            }
            Drawable toRecycle = imageView.Drawable;
            if (toRecycle != null)
            {
                ((BitmapDrawable)toRecycle).Bitmap.Recycle();
            }
        }
        /// Load the image from the device, and resize it to the specified dimensions.  
        public static Bitmap LoadAndResizeBitmap(this string fileName, int width, int height)
        {
            // First we get the the dimensions of the file on disk  
            BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options
            {
                InPurgeable = true,
                InJustDecodeBounds = true
            };
            BitmapFactory.DecodeFile(fileName, options);
            // Next we calculate the ratio that we need to resize the image by  
            // in order to fit the requested dimensions.  
            int outHeight = options.OutHeight;
            int outWidth = options.OutWidth;
            int inSampleSize = 1;
            if (outHeight > height || outWidth > width)
            {
                inSampleSize = outWidth > outHeight ? outHeight / height : outWidth / width;
            }
            // Now we will load the image and have BitmapFactory resize it for us.  
            options.InSampleSize = inSampleSize;
            options.InJustDecodeBounds = false;
            Bitmap resizedBitmap = BitmapFactory.DecodeFile(fileName, options);
            return resizedBitmap;
        }
    }
}


Open Solution Explorer-> Project Name->Resources-> MainActicity.cs. Add code, given below-

Code:

using System;
using Android.App;
using Android.Content;
using Android.Runtime;
using Android.Views;
using Android.Widget;
using Android.OS;
using Android.Telephony;
using Android.Provider;
using Java.IO;
using Android.Graphics;
using Android.Content.PM;
using Uri = Android.Net.Uri;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Camera;

namespace TheInternship
{
    [Activity(Label = "TheInternship", MainLauncher = true, Icon = "@drawable/icon")]
    public class MainActivity : Activity
    {
        Button BtnTakeImg;
        ImageView ImgView;
        public static File _file;
        public static File _dir;
        protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle)
        {
            base.OnCreate(bundle);
            // Set our view from the "main" layout resource  
            SetContentView(Resource.Layout.Main);
            if (IsThereAnAppToTakePictures())
            {
                CreateDirectoryForPictures();
                BtnTakeImg = FindViewById<Button>(Resource.Id.btnCamera);
                ImgView = FindViewById<ImageView>(Resource.Id.imageView);
                BtnTakeImg.Click += TakeAPicture;
            }
        }
        private void CreateDirectoryForPictures()
        {
            _dir = new File(Android.OS.Environment.GetExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Android.OS.Environment.DirectoryPictures), "C#Corner");
            if (!_dir.Exists())
            {
                _dir.Mkdirs();
            }
        }
        private bool IsThereAnAppToTakePictures()
        {
            Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ActionImageCapture);
            IList<ResolveInfo> availableActivities = PackageManager.QueryIntentActivities(intent, PackageInfoFlags.MatchDefaultOnly);
            return availableActivities != null && availableActivities.Count > 0;
        }
        private void TakeAPicture(object sender, EventArgs eventArgs)
        {


            Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ActionImageCapture);
            _file = new File(_dir, string.Format("Image_{0}.jpg", Guid.NewGuid()));
            intent.PutExtra(MediaStore.ExtraOutput, Uri.FromFile(_file));
            StartActivityForResult(intent, 102);
        }
        protected override void OnActivityResult(int requestCode, Result resultCode, Intent data)
        {
            if (requestCode == 102 && resultCode == Result.Ok)
            {
                // make it available in the gallery  
                Intent mediaScanIntent = new Intent(Intent.ActionMediaScannerScanFile);
                Uri contentUri = Uri.FromFile(_file);
                mediaScanIntent.SetData(contentUri);
                SendBroadcast(mediaScanIntent);
                //Converstion Image Size  
                int height = ImgView.Height;
                int width = Resources.DisplayMetrics.WidthPixels;
                using (Bitmap bitmap = _file.Path.LoadAndResizeBitmap(width, height))
                {
                    //View ImageView  
                    ImgView.RecycleBitmap();
                    ImgView.SetImageBitmap(bitmap);
                    //Upload Image in Database  
                }
            }
        }
    }

}

run app

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