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Storage bug in MediaLibrary.SavePicture

2013-05-26
By: Kevin Gosse
On: May 26, 2013
Tagged: .NET, C#, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 8, wpdev

I’ve received many reports lately of users complaining of abnormal storage usage from one of my apps, Imageboard Browser.The application was in some cases storing hundreds of megabytes! I thought at first that it was just the “other storage” issue, but I did some further investigation just in case. After some trial and error and a bit of luck, I’ve discovered that the bug lies in the methods MediaLibrary.SavePicture and MediaLibrary.SavePictureToCameraRoll. As their name indicate, they are used to save a picture to the phone’s picture hub, and they do their job pretty well. Except that ever time you use them, a copy of yourRead More →

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