title: Saving Bitmap to File - Xamarin, Monodroid
body: <p>I am trying to save a bitmap image to a directory (gallery) inside my phone. The app is being developed in Xamarin so the code is C#.</p>
  
  <p>I cant seem to figure out how to make a directory, and save a Bitmap. Any suggestions?</p>
  
  <pre><code>public void createBitmap(View view){ 
      view.DrawingCacheEnabled = true; 
      view.BuildDrawingCache (true); 
      Bitmap m_Bitmap = view.GetDrawingCache(true);
  
      String storagePath = Android.OS.Environment.ExternalStorageDirectory.AbsolutePath;
      Java.IO.File storageDirectory = new Java.IO.File(storagePath);
      //storageDirectory.mkdirs ();
  
  
      //save the bitmap
      //MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream ();
      //m_Bitmap.Compress (Bitmap.CompressFormat.Png, 100, stream);
      //stream.Close();
  
  
      try{
  
          String filePath = storageDirectory.ToString() + "APPNAME.png";
          FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream (filePath);
          BufferedOutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream(fos);
          m_Bitmap.Compress (Bitmap.CompressFormat.Png, 100, bos);
          bos.Flush();
          bos.Close();
      } catch (Java.IO.FileNotFoundException e) {
          System.Console.WriteLine ("FILENOTFOUND");
      } catch (Java.IO.IOException e) {
          System.Console.WriteLine ("IOEXCEPTION");
      }
  </code></pre>