WriteableBitmap crashes program with no message?

Question

I create a WriteableBitmap object, draw a line and try to set it as the source to an Image control. For some reason, the program stops responding and then closes 5 seconds later when I try to set the Source. Anyone have any idea what's wrong? (I am also using WriteableBitmapEx)

WriteableBitmap bit = new WriteableBitmap(400, 400, 96, 96, PixelFormats.Bgr32, null);
WriteableBitmapExtensions.DrawLine(bit, 10, 10, 300, 300, Core.PrimaryColor.ColorValue);
ImageCanvas.Source = bit; // Sets the image to our bitmap, but program crashes for some reason!

Answer 1

When I try your code, it throws an ArgumentException saying

The input WriteableBitmap needs to have the Pbgra32 pixel format. Use the BitmapFactory.ConvertToPbgra32Format method to automatically convert any input BitmapSource to the right format accepted by this class.\r\nParametername: writeableBitmap

Hence this works:

var bitmap = new WriteableBitmap(400, 400, 96, 96, PixelFormats.Pbgra32, null);
WriteableBitmapExtensions.DrawLine(bitmap, 10, 10, 300, 300, Colors.Black);
image.Source = bitmap;

UPDATE: As noted by Anders, you should perhaps use the portable bitmap factory method provided by WriteableBitmapEx to create your bitmap:

var bitmap = BitmapFactory.New(400, 400);
WriteableBitmapExtensions.DrawLine(bitmap, 10, 10, 300, 300, Colors.Black);
image.Source = bitmap;