Set Image.Source to file in external storage in Xamarin.Forms -

i have picture of item in external storage (that saved intent in app). want display picture in image view in shared project.

image.source takes object of imagesource type. tried imagesource.fromfile, imagesource.fromstream , imagesource.fromuri. result image not displayed (no error or exception). validated path file correct first opening file.open 1 line above.

what correct way of displaying pictures normal storage, not assets/resources/etc?

this code does not work:

var path = "/storage/emulated/0/pictures/6afbd8c6-bb1e-49d3-838c-0fa809e97cf1.jpg" //in real app path taken db var image = new image() {aspect = aspect.aspectfit, widthrequest = 200, heightrequest = 200}; image.source = imagesource.fromfile(path); 

your xamarin forms pcl don't know uri android beacuse platform specific, so:

imagesource.fromfile(path); 

won't work.

in case handling platform specific features, loading image android. suggest approach:

create interface on xamarin forms pcl like:

public interface iphoto {     task<stream> getphoto (); } 

then in android implement interface , register implementation in dependencyservice:

[assembly: xamarin.forms.dependency(typeof(photoimplementation))]     namespace xpto     {         public class photoimplementation : java.lang.object, iphoto         {             public async task<stream> getphoto()             {                 // open photo , put in stream return                        var memorystream = new memorystream();                  using (var source = system.io.file.openread(path))                 {                     await source.copytoasync(memorystream);                 }                  return memorystream;             }         }     } 

in xamarin forms pcl code image:

var image = imagesource.fromstream ( () => await dependencyservice.get<iphoto>().getphoto()); 

for more detail can consult this.

note1: work on ios if implement interface iphoto too.

note2: there exist helpful library kind of features xamarin-forms-labs called camera.

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update (shared project solution)

as requested in comments, use in shared project instead of pcl this.

1 - place iphotointerface in shared project.

2 - implement interface in android/ios project:

public class photoimplementation : iphoto {     public async task<stream> getphoto()     {         // open photo , put in stream return.      } } 

3 - use in shared project:

iphoto iphotoimplementation;  #if __android__ iphotoimplementation = new shared_native.droid.getpicture();  #elif __ios__ iphotoimplementation = new shared_native.ios.getpicture();  #endif  var image = imagesource.fromstream ( () => await iphotoimplementation.getphoto()); 

note: shared_native namespace of solution , droid/ios projects android , ios.