private async Task TakeImage()

in src/CognitiveKioskUWP/MainPage.xaml.cs [483:509]

• 18 lines of code
• 2 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

        private async Task<SoftwareBitmap> TakeImage()
        {
            try
            {
                SoftwareBitmap savedImage;
                // Get information about the preview
                var previewProperties = mediaCapture.VideoDeviceController.GetMediaStreamProperties(MediaStreamType.VideoPreview) as VideoEncodingProperties;

                // Create a video frame in the desired format for the preview frame
                VideoFrame videoFrame = new VideoFrame(BitmapPixelFormat.Bgra8, (int)previewProperties.Width, (int)previewProperties.Height);

                VideoFrame previewFrame = await mediaCapture.GetPreviewFrameAsync(videoFrame);

                savedImage = previewFrame.SoftwareBitmap;
                
                previewFrame.Dispose();
                previewFrame = null;

                return savedImage;

            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                // eat error
            }
            return null;
        }