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How to create a IDirect3DSurface from an IBuffer or byte array in UWP

I want to create a video from a few RenderTargetBitmaps in UWP. I am doing that by using MediaClips.
From RenderTargetBitmap i can get an IBuffer or byte array of pixels.
To create a MediaClip I need either an image file or an IDirect3DSurface.
Creating an image just to create a clip is very expensive, so I thought of using IDirect3DSurface.
How can I do this?
I have tried this:
RenderTargetBitmap renderTargetBitmap = new RenderTargetBitmap();
await renderTargetBitmap.RenderAsync(RenderedGrid, 100, 100);
IBuffer pixels = await renderTargetBitmap.GetPixelsAsync();
var values = Enum.GetValues(typeof(DirectXPixelFormat));
CanvasBitmap bitmap=null;
foreach (DirectXPixelFormat format in values)
{
try
{
videoClip = new MediaComposition();
bitmap = CanvasBitmap.CreateFromBytes(myWidget.Device, pixels, renderTargetBitmap.PixelWidth, renderTargetBitmap.PixelHeight, format);
StorageFile video2 = await storageFolder.CreateFileAsync("video2" + ".mp4", CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);
MediaClip d = MediaClip.CreateFromSurface(bitmap, DateTime.Now - previousFrame+new TimeSpan(100));
videoClip.Clips.Add(d);
await videoClip.RenderToFileAsync(video2);
break;
}
catch(Exception e)
{
}
}
I try all the formats in DirectXPixelFormat but none works.
I have a CanvasControl named myWidget that is empty.
I create a CanvasBitmap from Ibuffer (CanvasBitmap implements IDirect3DSurface)
Create a Mediaclip from CanvasBitmap
Add it to MediaComposition.
Then I try to render to video file.When i try to save to a file it throws an error
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException Stream is not in a state
to handle the request.
EDIT:
I figured out where the problem is, but not why and not how to fix it.
await videoClip.SaveAsync(video2);
videoClip= await MediaComposition.LoadAsync(video2);
var x=await videoClip.RenderToFileAsync(video2);
Now with these three lines i can save the video, but using only the third line it throws the error above. I cannot make sense of it. Why does saving and loading fix the problem??

Most probable reason is that, CanvasBitmap has an underlying IDirce3DSurface object as well as image data like byte[] or something else , though I am not sure about this.
If that's true, then creating a CanvasBitmap from byte[] or IBuffer won't effect the underlying IDirect3DSurface, the image part will be constructed only. You can see that by saving that image on the disk, it gives no error.
But I think there's a workaround if you want to skip saving data on the disk:
You can contruct the underlying IDirect3DSurface if you do Offscreen Drawing to a CanvasRenderTarget.
So, you can use the CanvasBitmap to construct a CanvasRenderTarget and then use that CanvasRenderTarget to contruct a MediaClip:
CanvasRenderTarget rendertarget;
using (CanvasBitmap canvas = CanvasBitmap.CreateFromBytes(CanvasDevice.GetSharedDevice(), pixels, renderTargetBitmap.PixelWidth, renderTargetBitmap.PixelHeight, format))
{
rendertarget = new CanvasRenderTarget(CanvasDevice.GetSharedDevice(), canvas.SizeInPixels.Width, canvas.SizeInPixels.Height, 96);
using (CanvasDrawingSession ds = rendertarget.CreateDrawingSession())
{
ds.Clear(Colors.Black);
ds.DrawImage(canvas);
}
}
MediaClip d = MediaClip.CreateFromSurface(renderTarget, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(80));
mc.Clips.Add(m);

The MediaComposition.RenderToFileAsync Method saves the composition to a video file that can be played back with standard media players. From the error info, it seems the stream content is not correct media data and can not be render into a video file directly.
So, to create a video from a few RenderTargetBitmaps in UWP, the way to use an image file should be your choice. using MediaClip.CreateFromImageFileAsync method by saving the RenderTargetBitmap into a file then using it to create a video.
private async void CreateVideoByConvertRenderBitmapToFile()
{
var folder = await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.CreateFolderAsync("Test",
CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);
var composition = new MediaComposition();
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
RenderTargetBitmap render = new RenderTargetBitmap();
await render.RenderAsync(RenderGrid);
MyImage.Source = render;
var pixel = await render.GetPixelsAsync();
var file = await folder.CreateFileAsync("test.png", CreationCollisionOption.GenerateUniqueName);
using (IRandomAccessStream stream = await file.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.ReadWrite))
{
var logicalDpi = DisplayInformation.GetForCurrentView().LogicalDpi;
var encoder = await BitmapEncoder.CreateAsync(BitmapEncoder.PngEncoderId, stream);
encoder.SetPixelData(
BitmapPixelFormat.Bgra8,
BitmapAlphaMode.Ignore,
(uint)render.PixelWidth,
(uint)render.PixelHeight,
logicalDpi,
logicalDpi,
pixel.ToArray());
await encoder.FlushAsync();
stream.Dispose();
MediaClip clip = await MediaClip.CreateFromImageFileAsync(file, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
composition.Clips.Add(clip);
MyText.Text = "First frame >>>" + i;
}
}
var video = await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.CreateFileAsync("test.mp4",
CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);
var action = await composition.RenderToFileAsync(video, MediaTrimmingPreference.Precise);
await folder.DeleteAsync();
}

Send InkCanvas signature using WCF call

I have a Windows 10 UWP app that will run on Windows 10 Mobile. A requirement I have is to capture a signature from the user. So far, I am simply using an InkCanvas in XAML and have it wired up to my code behind.
I then have a button that when clicked, will take the signature on the InkCanvas and send it to the server via a WCF call. The server and WCF service is already existing. It takes in the signature image as a base64 serialized string.
I know how to get the base64 once I have either an image or a byte array. However, in my many hours of reading, I am finding that articles/examples were either written for WPF or Windows 8.1 and do not work on Windows 10 UWP. Also, of the examples that I have found that will work, it seems my only option is to save the signature to file as a GIF.
I see that I can call GetStrokes() like this
var strokeCollection = cvsSignature.InkPresenter.StrokeContainer.GetStrokes();
Which will return me a read only list of InkStroke. I guess I can iterate that list and build a byte array? How would I do that? It seems this is not efficient?
Otherwise, I thought I could just change the stream from a file stream to a memory stream but I guess either this is not possible or I am missing something. I am trying this
using (var inkMemStream = new MemoryStream())
{
await cvsSignature.InkPresenter.StrokeContainer.SaveAsync(inkMemStream);
}
But with this type of approach I get an exception that I cannot convert from System.IO.MemoryStream to Windows.Storage.Streams.IOutputStream
Thanks!

I found a way, if you don't want to save your InkCanvas to a file or as a GIF, to manipulate it in memory. I actually have three options below. Note, for some of this, you will need to add a reference to Win2D.uwp, which can be found on NuGet by searching that exact name. It is provided by Microsoft.
Convert the InkCanvas to a byte array:
private byte[] ConvertInkCanvasToByteArray()
{
//First, we need to get all of the strokes in the canvas
var canvasStrokes = myCanvas.InkPresenter.StrokeContainer.GetStrokes();
//Just as a check, make sure to only do work if there are actually strokes (ie not empty)
if (canvasStrokes.Count > 0)
{
var width = (int)myCanvas.ActualWidth;
var height = (int)myCanvas.ActualHeight;
var device = CanvasDevice.GetSharedDevice();
//Create a new renderTarget with the same width and height as myCanvas at 96dpi
var renderTarget = new CanvasRenderTarget(device, width,
height, 96);
using (var ds = renderTarget.CreateDrawingSession())
{
//This will clear the renderTarget with a clean slate of a white background.
ds.Clear(Windows.UI.Colors.White);
//Here is where we actually take the strokes from the canvas and draw them on the render target.
ds.DrawInk(myCanvas.InkPresenter.StrokeContainer.GetStrokes());
}
//Finally, this will return the render target as a byte array.
return renderTarget.GetPixelBytes();
}
else
{
return null;
}
}
If all you need is a byte array of the pixels, you are done. However, if you now want to generate an image, you use the WriteableBitmap to do so. Here are sync and async methods that can be called to do this.
private WriteableBitmap GetSignatureBitmapFull()
{
var bytes = ConvertInkCanvasToByteArray();
if (bytes != null)
{
var width = (int)cvsSignature.ActualWidth;
var height = (int)cvsSignature.ActualHeight;
var bmp = new WriteableBitmap(width, height);
using (var stream = bmp.PixelBuffer.AsStream())
{
stream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
return bmp;
}
}
else
return null;
}
private async Task<WriteableBitmap> GetSignatureBitmapFullAsync()
{
var bytes = ConvertInkCanvasToByteArray();
if (bytes != null)
{
var width = (int)cvsSignature.ActualWidth;
var height = (int)cvsSignature.ActualHeight;
var bmp = new WriteableBitmap(width, height);
using (var stream = bmp.PixelBuffer.AsStream())
{
await stream.WriteAsync(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
return bmp;
}
}
else
return null;
}
Finally, here is an async method that I am using to be able to do a crop on the bitmap if you want to do that. The key thing with this method is notice how with this approach, you don't have to get the pixel bytes as an array first. You just get the strokes from the canvas and then it is saved directly into a memory stream
private async Task<WriteableBitmap> GetSignatureBitmapCropped()
{
try
{
var canvasStrokes = cvsSignature.InkPresenter.StrokeContainer.GetStrokes();
if (canvasStrokes.Count > 0)
{
var bounds = cvsSignature.InkPresenter.StrokeContainer.BoundingRect;
var xOffset = (uint)Math.Round(bounds.X);
var yOffset = (uint)Math.Round(bounds.Y);
var pixelWidth = (int)Math.Round(bounds.Width);
var pixelHeight = (int)Math.Round(bounds.Height);
using (var memStream = new InMemoryRandomAccessStream())
{
await cvsSignature.InkPresenter.StrokeContainer.SaveAsync(memStream);
var decoder = await BitmapDecoder.CreateAsync(memStream);
var transform = new BitmapTransform();
var newBounds = new BitmapBounds();
newBounds.X = 0;
newBounds.Y = 0;
newBounds.Width = (uint)pixelWidth;
newBounds.Height = (uint)pixelHeight;
transform.Bounds = newBounds;
var pdp = await decoder.GetPixelDataAsync(
BitmapPixelFormat.Bgra8,
BitmapAlphaMode.Straight,
transform,
ExifOrientationMode.IgnoreExifOrientation,
ColorManagementMode.DoNotColorManage);
var pixels = pdp.DetachPixelData();
var cropBmp = new WriteableBitmap(pixelWidth, pixelHeight);
using (var stream = cropBmp.PixelBuffer.AsStream())
{
await stream.WriteAsync(pixels, 0, pixels.Length);
}
return cropBmp;
}
}
else
{
return null;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return null;
}
}
Hope this helps provide some alternatives when using InkCanvas in Windows 10 Universal.

it seems my only option is to save the signature to file as a GIF.
GIF is not the only choice. The official sample just show GIF, but you can also save the InkStokes collection to JPG and PNG. Code as follows:
var savePicker = new Windows.Storage.Pickers.FileSavePicker();
savePicker.SuggestedStartLocation = Windows.Storage.Pickers.PickerLocationId.PicturesLibrary;
savePicker.FileTypeChoices.Add("Gif,JPG,PNG", new System.Collections.Generic.List<string> { ".jpg" ,".gif",".png"});
Windows.Storage.StorageFile file = await savePicker.PickSaveFileAsync();
But with this type of approach I get an exception that I cannot convert from System.IO.MemoryStream to Windows.Storage.Streams.IOutputStream
As you see, it cannot convert from System.IO.MemoryStream to Windows.Storage.Streams.IOutputStream directly. You need to read the image file you just saved as ImageSource. As you known how to get the base64 once you have either an image or a byte array. So what we just need is to get an image or a byte array from the image file.
Read the image file as byte array and then a memory stream as follows
if (inkCanvas.InkPresenter.StrokeContainer.GetStrokes().Count > 0)
{
var savePicker = new Windows.Storage.Pickers.FileSavePicker();
savePicker.SuggestedStartLocation = Windows.Storage.Pickers.PickerLocationId.PicturesLibrary;
savePicker.FileTypeChoices.Add("Gif,JPG,PNG", new System.Collections.Generic.List<string> { ".jpg", ".gif", ".png" });
Windows.Storage.StorageFile file = await savePicker.PickSaveFileAsync();
if (null != file)
{
using (IRandomAccessStream stream = await file.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.ReadWrite))
{
await inkCanvas.InkPresenter.StrokeContainer.SaveAsync(stream);
}
using (IRandomAccessStream streamforread = await file.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.Read))
{
WriteableBitmap inkimagesource = new WriteableBitmap(50, 50);
inkimagesource.SetSource(streamforread);
byte[] imageBuffer = inkimagesource.PixelBuffer.ToArray();
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(imageBuffer);
}
}
}
Read the file as image source just need to change the file reading code as follows:
using (IRandomAccessStream streamforread = await file.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.Read)
{
var bitmap = new BitmapImage();
bitmap.SetSource(streamforread);
}
I guess I can iterate that list and build a byte array? How would I do that? It seems this is not efficient?
It seems like currently there is no API can build the InkStroke collections as byte array directly. SaveAsync() method has already help you save the InkStroke collection to a stream, you can use code above for using it.

Best way to send images between an Universal Application and a web service

Hi i'm making an aplication that takes a picture from a car and its driver and this pictures are send to a web service, i am having problems for dealing with this situation, right now i've tried to send an encoded 64 base string, but this is not working
EDIT
Here is the code that i'm using for take the picture and save it as a byte array
ImageEncodingProperties format = ImageEncodingProperties.CreateJpeg();
//rotate and save the image
using (var imageStream = new InMemoryRandomAccessStream())
{
//generate stream from MediaCapture
await PhotoCapture.CapturePhotoToStreamAsync(format, imageStream);
await PhotoCapture.StopPreviewAsync();
//create decoder and encoder
BitmapDecoder dec = await BitmapDecoder.CreateAsync(imageStream);
BitmapEncoder enc = await BitmapEncoder.CreateForTranscodingAsync(imageStream, dec);
//roate the image
enc.BitmapTransform.Rotation = BitmapRotation.Clockwise90Degrees;
//write changes to the image stream
await enc.FlushAsync();
PreviewImage = new WriteableBitmap(350, 500);
PreviewImage.SetSource(imageStream);
}
CaptureElement.Visibility = Windows.UI.Xaml.Visibility.Collapsed;
using (var ms = PreviewImage.PixelBuffer.AsStream())
{
MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
ms.CopyTo(memoryStream);
DriverModel.Picture = memoryStream.ToArray();
}
When i'm doing this the array size is like 28 millions, obviusly i'm making something wrong

Rotating images in WinRT

I have a Windows 8 app in which I want to rotate an image file.
In shot, I want to open an image file, rotate it and save the content back to the file.
Is that possible in WinRT? If so, how? Thanks.
Update:
Base on Vasile's answer, I could do some work on this. However I'm not sure what to do next:
public static async Task RotateImage(StorageFile file)
{
if (file == null)
return;
var data = await FileIO.ReadBufferAsync(file);
// create a stream from the file
var ms = new InMemoryRandomAccessStream();
var dw = new DataWriter(ms);
dw.WriteBuffer(data);
await dw.StoreAsync();
ms.Seek(0);
// find out how big the image is, don't need this if you already know
var bm = new BitmapImage();
await bm.SetSourceAsync(ms);
// create a writable bitmap of the right size
var wb = new WriteableBitmap(bm.PixelWidth, bm.PixelHeight);
ms.Seek(0);
// load the writable bitpamp from the stream
await wb.SetSourceAsync(ms);
wb.Rotate(90);
//How should I save the image to the file now?
}

Ofcourse it is possible. You can do it yourself with a pixel manipulation and create a new WriteableBitmapObject or, you could reuse the already implemented functionality from the WriteableBitmapEx (WriteableBitmap Extensions). You can get it via NuGet.
Here you can find a description of the implemented functionality which it offers, and few short samples.

Use this to save WriteableBitmap to StorageFile
private async Task<StorageFile> WriteableBitmapToStorageFile(WriteableBitmap writeableBitmap)
{
var picker = new FileSavePicker();
picker.FileTypeChoices.Add("JPEG Image", new string[] { ".jpg" });
StorageFile file = await picker.PickSaveFileAsync();
if (file != null && writeableBitmap != null)
{
using (IRandomAccessStream stream = await file.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.ReadWrite))
{
BitmapEncoder encoder = await BitmapEncoder.CreateAsync(
BitmapEncoder.JpegEncoderId, stream);
Stream pixelStream = writeableBitmap.PixelBuffer.AsStream();
byte[] pixels = new byte[pixelStream.Length];
await pixelStream.ReadAsync(pixels, 0, pixels.Length);
encoder.SetPixelData(BitmapPixelFormat.Bgra8, BitmapAlphaMode.Ignore,
(uint)writeableBitmap.PixelWidth, (uint)writeableBitmap.PixelHeight, 96.0, 96.0, pixels);
await encoder.FlushAsync();
}
return file;
}
else
{
return null;
}
}

How to resize Image in C# WinRT/winmd?

I've got simple question, but so far I've found no answer: how to resize jpeg image in C# WinRT/WinMD project and save it as new jpeg?
I'm developing Windows 8 Metro application for downloading daily image form certain site and displaying it on a Live Tile. The problem is the image must be smaller than 1024x1024 and smaller than 200kB, otherwise it won't show on the tile:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh465403.aspx
If I got larger image, how to resize it to be fit for the Live Tile? I'm thinking just about simple resize like width/2 and height/2 with keeping the aspect ration.
The specific requirement here is that the code must run as Windows Runtime Component, so WriteableBitmapEx library won't work here - it's only available for regular WinRT projects. There is even a branch for WriteableBitmapEx as winmd project, but it's far from ready.

Example of how to scale and crop taken from here:
async private void BitmapTransformTest()
{
// hard coded image location
string filePath = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Pictures\\Sample Pictures\\fantasy-dragons-wallpaper.jpg";
StorageFile file = await StorageFile.GetFileFromPathAsync(filePath);
if (file == null)
return;
// create a stream from the file and decode the image
var fileStream = await file.OpenAsync(Windows.Storage.FileAccessMode.Read);
BitmapDecoder decoder = await BitmapDecoder.CreateAsync(fileStream);
// create a new stream and encoder for the new image
InMemoryRandomAccessStream ras = new InMemoryRandomAccessStream();
BitmapEncoder enc = await BitmapEncoder.CreateForTranscodingAsync(ras, decoder);
// convert the entire bitmap to a 100px by 100px bitmap
enc.BitmapTransform.ScaledHeight = 100;
enc.BitmapTransform.ScaledWidth = 100;
BitmapBounds bounds = new BitmapBounds();
bounds.Height = 50;
bounds.Width = 50;
bounds.X = 50;
bounds.Y = 50;
enc.BitmapTransform.Bounds = bounds;
// write out to the stream
try
{
await enc.FlushAsync();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
string s = ex.ToString();
}
// render the stream to the screen
BitmapImage bImg = new BitmapImage();
bImg.SetSource(ras);
img.Source = bImg; // image element in xaml
}

More simpler code to re-size the image, not crop. The below code re-size the image as 80x80
using (var sourceStream = await sourceFile.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.Read))
{
BitmapDecoder decoder = await BitmapDecoder.CreateAsync(sourceStream);
BitmapTransform transform = new BitmapTransform() { ScaledHeight = 80, ScaledWidth = 80 };
PixelDataProvider pixelData = await decoder.GetPixelDataAsync(
BitmapPixelFormat.Rgba8,
BitmapAlphaMode.Straight,
transform,
ExifOrientationMode.RespectExifOrientation,
ColorManagementMode.DoNotColorManage);
using (var destinationStream = await destinationFile.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.ReadWrite))
{
BitmapEncoder encoder = await BitmapEncoder.CreateAsync(BitmapEncoder.PngEncoderId, destinationStream);
encoder.SetPixelData(BitmapPixelFormat.Rgba8, BitmapAlphaMode.Premultiplied, 80, 80, 96, 96, pixelData.DetachPixelData());
await encoder.FlushAsync();
}
}
Source

So here is my solution I came with after lot of googling and trial/error coding:
The goal here was to find out, how to manipulate images in WinRT, specifically in Background Tasks. Background Tasks are even more limited than just regular WinRT projects, because they must be of type Windows Runtime Component. 99% of available libraries on NuGet targeting WinRT are targeting only the default WinRT projects, therefore they cannot be used in Windows Runtime Component projects.
At first I tried to use the well-known WriteableBitmapEx library - porting the necessary code to my winmd project. There is even branch of the WBE project targeting winmd, but it is unfinished. I made it compile after adding [ReadOnlyArray], [WriteOnlyArray] attributes to method parameters of type array and also after changing the project namespace to something not starting with "Windows" - winmd project limitation.
Even though I was able to use this library in my Background Task project it wasn't working, because, as I discovered, WriteableBitmap must be instantiated in UI thread and this is not possible as far as I know in Background Task.
In the meantime I have also found this MSDN article about Image manipulation in WinRT. Most of samples there are only in the JavaScript section, so I had to convert it to C# first. I've also found this helpful article on StackOverflow about image manipulation in WinRT.
internal static async Task LoadTileImageInternalAsync(string imagePath)
{
string tileName = imagePath.GetHashedTileName();
StorageFile origFile = await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.GetFileAsync(imagePath);
// open file for the new tile image file
StorageFile tileFile = await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.CreateFileAsync(tileName, CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);
using (IRandomAccessStream tileStream = await tileFile.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.ReadWrite))
{
// get width and height from the original image
IRandomAccessStreamWithContentType stream = await origFile.OpenReadAsync();
ImageProperties properties = await origFile.Properties.GetImagePropertiesAsync();
uint width = properties.Width;
uint height = properties.Height;
// get proper decoder for the input file - jpg/png/gif
BitmapDecoder decoder = await GetProperDecoder(stream, imagePath);
if (decoder == null) return; // should not happen
// get byte array of actual decoded image
PixelDataProvider data = await decoder.GetPixelDataAsync();
byte[] bytes = data.DetachPixelData();
// create encoder for saving the tile image
BitmapPropertySet propertySet = new BitmapPropertySet();
// create class representing target jpeg quality - a bit obscure, but it works
BitmapTypedValue qualityValue = new BitmapTypedValue(TargetJpegQuality, PropertyType.Single);
propertySet.Add("ImageQuality", qualityValue);
// create the target jpeg decoder
BitmapEncoder be = await BitmapEncoder.CreateAsync(BitmapEncoder.JpegEncoderId, tileStream, propertySet);
be.SetPixelData(BitmapPixelFormat.Rgba8, BitmapAlphaMode.Straight, width, height, 96.0, 96.0, bytes);
// crop the image, if it's too big
if (width > MaxImageWidth || height > MaxImageHeight)
{
BitmapBounds bounds = new BitmapBounds();
if (width > MaxImageWidth)
{
bounds.Width = MaxImageWidth;
bounds.X = (width - MaxImageWidth) / 2;
}
else bounds.Width = width;
if (height > MaxImageHeight)
{
bounds.Height = MaxImageHeight;
bounds.Y = (height - MaxImageHeight) / 2;
}
else bounds.Height = height;
be.BitmapTransform.Bounds = bounds;
}
// save the target jpg to the file
await be.FlushAsync();
}
}
private static async Task<BitmapDecoder> GetProperDecoder(IRandomAccessStreamWithContentType stream, string imagePath)
{
string ext = Path.GetExtension(imagePath);
switch (ext)
{
case ".jpg":
case ".jpeg":
return await BitmapDecoder.CreateAsync(BitmapDecoder.JpegDecoderId, stream);
case ".png":
return await BitmapDecoder.CreateAsync(BitmapDecoder.PngDecoderId, stream);
case ".gif":
return await BitmapDecoder.CreateAsync(BitmapDecoder.GifDecoderId, stream);
}
return null;
}
In this sample we open one file, decode it into byte array, and encode it back into new file with different size/format/quality.
The result is fully working image manipulation even in Windows Runtime Component Class and without WriteableBitmapEx library.

Here is even shorter version, without overhead of accessing pixel data.
using (var sourceFileStream = await sourceFile.OpenAsync(Windows.Storage.FileAccessMode.Read))
using (var destFileStream = await destinationFile.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.ReadWrite))
{
BitmapDecoder decoder = await BitmapDecoder.CreateAsync(sourceFileStream);
BitmapEncoder enc = await BitmapEncoder.CreateForTranscodingAsync(destFileStream, decoder);
enc.BitmapTransform.ScaledWidth = newWidth;
enc.BitmapTransform.ScaledHeight = newHeight;
await enc.FlushAsync();
await destFileStream.FlushAsync();
}

I just spent the last hour and half trying to figure this one out, I have a byte array that is a JPG and tried the answer given... I could not get it to work so I am putting up a new answer... Hopefully this will help someone else out... I am converting the JPG to 250/250 pixels
private async Task<BitmapImage> ByteArrayToBitmapImage(byte[] byteArray)
{
BitmapImage image = new BitmapImage();
using (InMemoryRandomAccessStream stream = new InMemoryRandomAccessStream())
{
using (DataWriter writer = new DataWriter(stream.GetOutputStreamAt(0)))
{
writer.WriteBytes((byte[])byteArray);
writer.StoreAsync().GetResults();
}
image.SetSource(stream);
}
image.DecodePixelHeight = 250;
image.DecodePixelWidth = 250;
return image;
}

if you want quality image then add
InterpolationMode = BitmapInterpolationMode.Fant in BitmapTransform ,
here is example
`
public static async Task ResizeImage(Windows.Storage.StorageFile imgeTOBytes, int maxWidth, int maxHeight)
{
using (var sourceStream = await imgeTOBytes.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.Read))
{
BitmapDecoder decoder = await BitmapDecoder.CreateAsync(sourceStream);
double widthRatio = (double)maxWidth / decoder.OrientedPixelWidth;
double heightRatio = (double)maxHeight / decoder.OrientedPixelHeight;
double scaleRatio = Math.Min(widthRatio, heightRatio);
uint aspectHeight = (uint)Math.Floor((double)decoder.OrientedPixelHeight * scaleRatio);
uint aspectWidth = (uint)Math.Floor((double)decoder.OrientedPixelWidth * scaleRatio);
BitmapTransform transform = new BitmapTransform() { InterpolationMode = BitmapInterpolationMode.Fant, ScaledHeight = aspectHeight, ScaledWidth = aspectWidth };
PixelDataProvider pixelData = await decoder.GetPixelDataAsync(
BitmapPixelFormat.Rgba8,
BitmapAlphaMode.Premultiplied,
transform,
ExifOrientationMode.RespectExifOrientation,
ColorManagementMode.DoNotColorManage);
using (var destinationStream = await imgeTOBytes.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.ReadWrite))
{
BitmapEncoder encoder = await BitmapEncoder.CreateAsync(BitmapEncoder.PngEncoderId, destinationStream);
encoder.SetPixelData(BitmapPixelFormat.Rgba8, BitmapAlphaMode.Straight, aspectWidth, aspectHeight, 96, 96, pixelData.DetachPixelData());
await encoder.FlushAsync();
}
}`