XDev.Maui.ManualCrop 0.0.1-alpha010

.NET 8.0 This package targets .NET 8.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
This is a prerelease version of XDev.Maui.ManualCrop.
There is a newer prerelease version of this package available.
See the version list below for details. 
dotnet add package XDev.Maui.ManualCrop --version 0.0.1-alpha010                

                    
                

            
NuGet\Install-Package XDev.Maui.ManualCrop -Version 0.0.1-alpha010
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="XDev.Maui.ManualCrop" Version="0.0.1-alpha010" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add XDev.Maui.ManualCrop --version 0.0.1-alpha010                

                    
                

            
#r "nuget: XDev.Maui.ManualCrop, 0.0.1-alpha010"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install XDev.Maui.ManualCrop as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=XDev.Maui.ManualCrop&version=0.0.1-alpha010&prerelease

// Install XDev.Maui.ManualCrop as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=XDev.Maui.ManualCrop&version=0.0.1-alpha010&prerelease

Maui.ManualCropApp

Contributions are welcome!

This is a portable image cropper control for Maui. Source: https://xdevapps.visualstudio.com/_git/XDev.Maui.ManualCrop

Reference code: https://github.com/dotnet/maui-samples/blob/main/8.0/SkiaSharp/PhotoPuzzle/PhotoPuzzle/Pages/CropPhotoPage.xaml.cs

MS provided sample above is refactored into a lib for use in any Maui app.

Most XForms and Maui image cropping libs out there only support Android/iOS with lots of native dependencies. If those work for you, then you can still use them, but this lib is smaller/lighter and less complicated to maintain and consume.

Screen-Shots

Crop image (Rectangle)

  • More options coming soon, submit contributions!

Supported platforms

All Maui platforms

* Android
* iOS
* Windows
* Mac

Usage

The simplest way to use this lib is to:

Initialize the library
 builder.UseMauiApp<App>()
        .UseImageCropper();
And then show the cropping window

in your app code, show the cropper by passing an ImageSource to the ImageCropperService, and save the cropped image to the app data-cache.

async void OnClicked(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
    FileResult? photo = await MediaPicker.Default.PickPhotoAsync();

    var imageSource = new FileImageSource() 
                        {
                            File = photo.FullPath,
                        };

    // resolve service from DI container and show the CropperPage
    var result = await IPlatformApplication.Current
                        .Services 
                        .GetRequiredService<IImageCropperService>()
                        .ShowAsync(imageSource);
        
    if (result.Successful)
    {
        var newfile = await result.SaveToCacheAsync(photo.FileName);
    }
}
Options for the default CropperPage modal

There are many options for customizing the pre-baked UI. You can access them via the ImageCropperConfig class and pass them when displaying the modal. If not provided, a default is used. Either the default, or that last config provided is used for calls that do not supply a new config.

var result = await _imageCropperService.ShowAsync((SKBitmapImageSource)bitmap,
                                                new ImageCropperConfig()
                                                {
                                                    BackgroundColor = Colors.White,
                                                    CroppingCornerStrokeColor = Colors.Green,
                                                    CroppingEdgeStrokeColor = Colors.Red,
                                                    OverlayColor = Colors.AliceBlue.WithAlpha(0.7f),
                                                    Title = "I am title",
                                                    TitleTextColor = Colors.Green,
                                                    TitleFontSize = 14,
                                                    CancelText = "CANCEL",
                                                    CancelTextColor = Colors.DarkRed,
                                                    CancelFontSize = 12,
                                                    SaveText = "SAVE",
                                                    SaveTextColor = Colors.DarkGreen,
                                                    SaveFontSize = 12,
                                                    CenterRadius = 25f,
                                                });

or you can override the default confiuration during initialization

 builder.UseMauiApp<App>()
        .UseImageCropper(croppingViewConfig:new ImageCropperConfig()
                                                {
                                                    BackgroundColor = Colors.White,
                                                    CroppingCornerStrokeColor = Colors.Green,
                                                });

Advanced usage

The CropResult object provides an in memory copy to the cropped Bitmap image: CropResult.CroppedImage

You probably want to convert to some compressed image format.
CropResult.GetStreamAsync(SKEncodedImageFormat format = SKEncodedImageFormat.Png) supports Png by default, but also Jpeg and Bitmap.

This stream is useful if you wish to upload directly to remote storage without saving a local copy, or do any other manipulation.

Also, you can use PhotCropperCanvasView to embed the cropper UI in a custom page in your app for a fully customized look and feel.

How to test iOS:

  • use iOS sim (easiest, use ctrl-click to test pinch/gestures)
  • on an iphone: update info.plist file in test app using your own wildcard or other dev-provisioning profile:
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.[your-provisioning-profile-here].maui.manualcropapp</string>

some possible useful refs

https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp/issues/804 https://github.com/HeikkiDev/XFManualCropControl/blob/master/XFManualCropApp/XFManualCropApp/Controls/ManualCropView.cs

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net8.0 is compatible.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-android34.0 is compatible.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-ios18.0 is compatible.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst18.0 is compatible.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed.  net8.0-windows10.0.19041 is compatible.  net9.0 was computed.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed. 
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0.0.1-alpha012 0 2/5/2025
0.0.1-alpha011 65 2/4/2025
0.0.1-alpha010 40 2/3/2025
0.0.1-alpha009 50 2/2/2025
0.0.1-alpha008 40 2/1/2025
0.0.1-alpha007 34 1/30/2025
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0.0.1-alpha004 9 1/29/2025
0.0.1-alpha003 32 1/28/2025
0.0.1-alpha002 27 1/27/2025

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