Added a "Capture element / camera preview" page in the Media section.

WinUIGallery/ContentIncludes.props

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
     <Content Include="Assets\ControlImages\Button.png" />
     <Content Include="Assets\ControlImages\CalendarDatePicker.png" />
     <Content Include="Assets\ControlImages\CalendarView.png" />
+    <!-- TODO: Need a camera capture icon. -->
     <Content Include="Assets\ControlImages\Canvas.png" />
     <Content Include="Assets\ControlImages\Checkbox.png" />
     <Content Include="Assets\ControlImages\Clipboard.png" />
@@ -303,6 +304,8 @@
     <Content Include="ControlPagesSampleCode\ListView\ListViewSample4_cs.txt" />
     <Content Include="ControlPagesSampleCode\ListView\ListViewSample4_xaml.txt" />
     <Content Include="ControlPagesSampleCode\ListView\ListViewStickyHeaderSample_xaml.txt" />
+    <Content Include="ControlPagesSampleCode\Media\CaptureElementPreviewSample_cs.txt" />
+    <Content Include="ControlPagesSampleCode\Media\CaptureElementPreviewSample_xaml.txt" />
     <Content Include="ControlPagesSampleCode\MenuBar\MenuBarSample1.txt" />
     <Content Include="ControlPagesSampleCode\MenuBar\MenuBarSample2.txt" />
     <Content Include="ControlPagesSampleCode\MenuBar\MenuBarSample3.txt" />
@@ -372,4 +375,4 @@
     <Content Include="Common\ReadMe.txt" />
     <Content Include="DataModel\ControlInfoData.json" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>

WinUIGallery/ControlPages/CaptureElementPreviewPage.xaml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<Page x:Class="AppUIBasics.ControlPages.CaptureElementPreviewPage"
+        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:local="using:AppUIBasics"
+        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
+        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="d">
+    <StackPanel>
+        <local:ControlExample x:Name="Example1" HeaderText="A MediaCapture preview displayed via a MediaPlayerElement." XamlSource="Media/CaptureElementPreviewSample_xaml.txt" CSharpSource="Media/CaptureElementPreviewSample_cs.txt">
+            <local:ControlExample.Example>
+                <Grid RowDefinitions="Auto,*" ColumnDefinitions="*,100"  MinWidth="400" MinHeight="300" RowSpacing="10" ColumnSpacing="4">
+                    <TextBlock x:Name="frameSourceName" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
+                    <MediaPlayerElement x:Name="captureElement" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Stretch="Uniform" AutoPlay="True" />
+                    <TextBlock x:Name="capturedText" Visibility="Collapsed" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" VerticalAlignment="Center" Text="Captured:" />
+                    <Grid x:Name="captureContainer" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1">
+                        <ScrollViewer VerticalScrollMode="Enabled">
+                            <StackPanel x:Name="snapshots" Spacing="2"/>
+                        </ScrollViewer>
+                    </Grid>
+                </Grid>
+            </local:ControlExample.Example>
+            <local:ControlExample.Options>
+                <StackPanel>
+                    <ToggleSwitch x:Name="mirrorSwitch" Header="Mirror preview" IsOn="False" Toggled="MirrorToggleSwitch_Toggled" ToolTipService.ToolTip="Mirrors only the preview, not captured photos"/>
+                    <Button x:Name="captureButton" Content="Capture Photo" Click="CapturePhoto_Click" />
+                </StackPanel>
+            </local:ControlExample.Options>
+            <local:ControlExample.Substitutions>
+                <local:ControlExampleSubstitution Key="MirrorPreview" Value="{x:Bind MirrorTextReplacement, Mode=OneWay}"/>
+            </local:ControlExample.Substitutions>
+        </local:ControlExample>
+    </StackPanel>
+</Page>

WinUIGallery/ControlPages/CaptureElementPreviewPage.xaml.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime;
+using Windows.Foundation;
+using Windows.Foundation.Collections;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Primitives;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Data;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Input;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Navigation;
+using Windows.Media.Capture.Frames;
+using Windows.Media.Capture;
+using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media.Imaging;
+using Windows.Media.MediaProperties;
+using Windows.Storage.Streams;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using AppUIBasics.Helper;
+
+namespace AppUIBasics.ControlPages
+{
+    public sealed partial class CaptureElementPreviewPage : Page, INotifyPropertyChanged
+    {
+        public CaptureElementPreviewPage()
+        {
+            this.InitializeComponent();
+
+            StartCaptureElement();
+
+            // Move the ScrollViewer from the captureContainer under an ExpandToFillContainer.
+            // This will allow the snapshots column to use all available height without
+            // influencing the height.
+            var expandToFillContainer = new ExpandToFillContainer();
+            var sv = captureContainer.Children[0];
+            captureContainer.Children.Remove(sv);
+            captureContainer.Children.Add(expandToFillContainer);
+            expandToFillContainer.Children.Add(sv);
+        }
+
+        private MediaFrameSourceGroup mediaFrameSourceGroup;
+        private MediaCapture mediaCapture;
+
+        async private void StartCaptureElement()
+        {
+            var groups = await MediaFrameSourceGroup.FindAllAsync();
+            if (groups.Count == 0)
+            {
+                frameSourceName.Text = "No camera devices found.";
+                return;
+            }
+            mediaFrameSourceGroup = groups.First();
+
+            frameSourceName.Text = "Viewing: " + mediaFrameSourceGroup.DisplayName;
+            mediaCapture = new MediaCapture();
+            var mediaCaptureInitializationSettings = new MediaCaptureInitializationSettings()
+            {
+                SourceGroup = this.mediaFrameSourceGroup,
+                SharingMode = MediaCaptureSharingMode.SharedReadOnly,
+                StreamingCaptureMode = StreamingCaptureMode.Video,
+                MemoryPreference = MediaCaptureMemoryPreference.Cpu
+            };
+            await mediaCapture.InitializeAsync(mediaCaptureInitializationSettings);
+
+            // Set the MediaPlayerElement's Source property to the MediaSource for the mediaCapture.
+            var frameSource = mediaCapture.FrameSources[this.mediaFrameSourceGroup.SourceInfos[0].Id];
+            captureElement.Source = Windows.Media.Core.MediaSource.CreateFromMediaFrameSource(frameSource);
+        }
+
+        public string MirrorTextReplacement = ""; // starts not mirrored, so no text in that case
+
+        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
+
+        public void OnPropertyChanged(string PropertyName)
+        {
+            PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(PropertyName));
+        }
+
+        private void MirrorToggleSwitch_Toggled(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            if (mirrorSwitch.IsOn)
+            {
+                captureElement.RenderTransform = new ScaleTransform() { ScaleX = -1 };
+                captureElement.RenderTransformOrigin = new Point(0.5, 0.5);
+                MirrorTextReplacement =
+                    "\n" +
+                    "        // Mirror the preview\n" +
+                    "        captureElement.RenderTransform = new ScaleTransform() { ScaleX = -1 };\n" +
+                    "        captureElement.RenderTransformOrigin = new Point(0.5, 0.5);\n";
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                captureElement.RenderTransform = null;
+                MirrorTextReplacement = "";
+            }
+            OnPropertyChanged("MirrorTextReplacement");
+        }
+
+        async private void CapturePhoto_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            // Capture a photo to a stream
+            var imgFormat = ImageEncodingProperties.CreateJpeg();
+            var stream = new InMemoryRandomAccessStream();
+            await mediaCapture.CapturePhotoToStreamAsync(imgFormat, stream);
+            stream.Seek(0);
+
+            // Show the photo in an Image element
+            BitmapImage bmpImage = new BitmapImage();
+            await bmpImage.SetSourceAsync(stream);
+            var image = new Image() { Source = bmpImage };
+            snapshots.Children.Insert(0, image);
+
+            capturedText.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
+
+            UIHelper.AnnounceActionForAccessibility(captureButton, "Photo successfully captured.", "CameraPreviewSampleCaptureNotificationId");
+        }
+    }
+
+    class ExpandToFillContainer : Grid
+    {
+        protected override Size MeasureOverride(Size availableSize)
+        {
+            // Measure with the minimum height so it will just expand to whatever space is available.
+            var desiredSize = base.MeasureOverride(new Size(availableSize.Width, 100));
+            return desiredSize;
+        }
+    }
+}

WinUIGallery/ControlPagesSampleCode/Media/CaptureElementPreviewSample_cs.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+using Windows.Media.Capture.Frames;
+using Windows.Media.Capture;
+
+    private MediaFrameSourceGroup mediaFrameSourceGroup;
+    private MediaCapture mediaCapture;
+
+    async private void StartCaptureElement()
+    {
+        var groups = await MediaFrameSourceGroup.FindAllAsync();
+        if (groups.Count == 0)
+        {
+            frameSourceName.Text = "No camera devices found.";
+            return;
+        }
+        mediaFrameSourceGroup = groups.First();
+
+        frameSourceName.Text = "Viewing: " + mediaFrameSourceGroup.DisplayName;
+        mediaCapture = new MediaCapture();
+        var mediaCaptureInitializationSettings = new MediaCaptureInitializationSettings()
+        {
+            SourceGroup = this.mediaFrameSourceGroup,
+            SharingMode = MediaCaptureSharingMode.SharedReadOnly,
+            StreamingCaptureMode = StreamingCaptureMode.Video,
+            MemoryPreference = MediaCaptureMemoryPreference.Cpu
+        };
+        await mediaCapture.InitializeAsync(mediaCaptureInitializationSettings);
+
+        // Set the MediaPlayerElement's Source property to the MediaSource for the mediaCapture.
+        var frameSource = mediaCapture.FrameSources[this.mediaFrameSourceGroup.SourceInfos[0].Id];
+        captureElement.Source = Windows.Media.Core.MediaSource.CreateFromMediaFrameSource(frameSource);
+$(MirrorPreview)    }
+
+    async private void CapturePhoto_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        // Capture a photo to a stream
+        var imgFormat = ImageEncodingProperties.CreateJpeg();
+        var stream = new InMemoryRandomAccessStream();
+        await mediaCapture.CapturePhotoToStreamAsync(imgFormat, stream);
+        stream.Seek(0);
+
+        // Show the photo in an Image element
+        BitmapImage bmpImage = new BitmapImage();
+        await bmpImage.SetSourceAsync(stream);
+        var image = new Image() { Source = bmpImage };
+        snapshots.Children.Insert(0, image);
+
+        capturedText.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
+    }

WinUIGallery/ControlPagesSampleCode/Media/CaptureElementPreviewSample_xaml.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<Grid RowDefinitions="Auto,*" ColumnDefinitions="*,100"  MinWidth="400" MinHeight="300" RowSpacing="10" ColumnSpacing="4">
+    <TextBlock x:Name="frameSourceName" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
+    <MediaPlayerElement x:Name="captureElement" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Stretch="Uniform" AutoPlay="True" />
+    <TextBlock x:Name="capturedText" Visibility="Collapsed" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" VerticalAlignment="Center" Text="Captured:" />
+    <Grid x:Name="captureContainer" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1">
+        <ScrollViewer VerticalScrollMode="Enabled">
+            <StackPanel x:Name="snapshots" Spacing="2"/>
+        </ScrollViewer>
+    </Grid>
+</Grid>

WinUIGallery/DataModel/ControlInfoData.json

@@ -2009,6 +2009,24 @@
             }
           ]
         },
+        {
+          "UniqueId": "CaptureElementPreview",
+          "Title": "Capture Element / Camera Preview",
+          "Subtitle": "A sample for doing a camera preview.",
+          "ImagePath": "ms-appx:///Assets/ControlImages/MediaPlayerElement.png",
+          "ImageIconPath": "ms-appx:///Assets/ControlIcons/MediaElementIcon.png",
+          "Description": "You can use a MediaPlayerElement control to show a camera preview with a MediaCapture object.",
+          "IsNew": true,
+          "Docs": [
+            {
+              "Title": "MediaCapture - API",
+              "Uri": "https://learn.microsoft.com/uwp/api/windows.media.capture.mediacapture"
+            }
+          ],
+          "RelatedControls": [
+            "MediaPlayerElement"
+          ]
+        },
         {
           "UniqueId": "Image",
           "Title": "Image",