Create a UIImage from a DataTemplate

[MarcAntoineHien]

Hello ! I was wondering if there is a simple way to take a DataTemplate and create a UIKit.UIImage from it ?
I need to display a UIImage, but I would like to be able to customize it in my code using a DataTemplate.

Thanks !

[MarcAntoineHien]

@kazo0 any idea how I can do that ? Starting from a DataTemplate, I need to convert its content into a Bitmap to then use that Bitmap to create a UIImage. I think this is the way to go, but maybe there is another better way to convert de DataTemplate to a UIImage.

[kazo0]

Hmm I might need more details but are you perhaps able to use the RenderTargetBitmap API from WinUI? You can provide a UIElement to generate a bitmap. Not sure about DataTemplates, would depend on what the DataTemplate is being used for

On my phone right now but I can provide more info in a bit

[jeromelaban]

@Kazo @MarcAntoineHien Indeed, you will not be able to take an image of a DataTemplate, but you may be able to use RenderTargetBitmap to render the DataTemplate in a ContentControl using ContentControl.ContentTemplate. See this documentation on how to use it.