WritableBitmap to RandomAccessStreamReference

Question

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I have made a screenshot using WinRT XAML Toolkit (code1)

Now i want to attach this WritableBitmap to email (code2)

CODE 1

WriteableBitmap wb = null;
            var start = DateTime.Now;
            const int count = 1;
            for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
            {
                wb = await WriteableBitmapRenderExtensions.Render(this);
            }
            var end = DateTime.Now;
            var duration = end - start;
            var renderInS = duration.TotalMilliseconds / count;
            if (renderInS > 0)
            {
                test.Source = wb;
                // HERE MUST BE CODE INCLUDED
            }

CODE 2

DataPackage requestData = request.Data;
            requestData.Properties.Title = TitleInputBox.Text;
            requestData.Properties.Description = DescriptionInputBox.Text; // The description is optional.

            // It's recommended to use both SetBitmap and SetStorageItems for sharing a single image
            // since the target app may only support one or the other.

            List<IStorageItem> imageItems = new List<IStorageItem>();
            imageItems.Add(this.imageFile);
            requestData.SetStorageItems(imageItems);

            RandomAccessStreamReference imageStreamRef = RandomAccessStreamReference.CreateFromFile(this.imageFile);
            requestData.Properties.Thumbnail = imageStreamRef;
            requestData.SetBitmap(imageStreamRef);
            succeeded = true;

This means i need to firstly save image to local storage, and then read it and attach it.

The question:

1) How to save WritableBitmap to applications local storage?

2) Maybe there is a way not to save image to attach it?

Answer 1

UPDATE

One more way using WriteableBitmapEx & MemoryRandomAccessStream

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(MyWriteableBitmap.ToByteArray());
var randomAccessStream = new MemoryRandomAccessStream(stream);
DataPackage requestData = args.Request.Data;
RandomAccessStreamReference imageStreamRef = RandomAccessStreamReference.CreateFromStream(randomAccessStream);

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Try 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;
    }
}