# C1.Maui.Core.ViewEx.GetImage

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<h1 id="C1_Maui_Core_ViewEx_GetImage_" data-uid="C1.Maui.Core.ViewEx.GetImage*">GetImage Method
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<h4 id="C1_Maui_Core_ViewEx_GetImage_Microsoft_Maui_Controls_View_" data-uid="C1.Maui.Core.ViewEx.GetImage(Microsoft.Maui.Controls.View)">GetImage(View)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Get the byte array of the control image.
This byte array comes from a UIImagePNGRepresentation in iOS, TrueColorAlpha of PNG format in WP, Bitmap in Android.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public static Task&lt;byte[]&gt; GetImage(this View view)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Shared Function GetImage(view As View) As Task(Of Byte())</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><span class="xref">View</span></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">view</span></td>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.threading.tasks.task-1">Task</a>&lt;<a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.byte">byte</a>[]&gt;</td>
      <td><p>A byte array with certain image format.</p>
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