MonoGame on iOS (init texture from internet) - monogame

Question

I'm developing a game on iOS with Monogame. Is it possible to init a texture2D with images downloaded from the internet? If so, is there any samples I can follow? Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

I'm not sure if this maps 1 to 1 with iOS, but here is how I did it on Android MonoGame. Most of this code came from another post on Stack, but unfortunately I can't remember the post!
/// <summary>
/// Downloads a texture based on a URL path, and stores it in this sprites texture.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="URL">The path to the file.</param>
private void DownloadTexture(String URL)
{
HttpWebRequest request = HttpWebRequest.Create(new Uri(URL)) as HttpWebRequest;
request.BeginGetResponse((ar) =>
{
HttpWebResponse response = request.EndGetResponse(ar) as HttpWebResponse;
using (Stream stream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
int count = 0;
do
{
byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
count = stream.Read(buf, 0, 1024);
ms.Write(buf, 0, count);
} while (stream.CanRead && count > 0);
ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
/*Texture2D*/ mTexture = Texture2D.FromStream(GameObjectManager.pInstance.pGraphicsDevice, ms); //.PreMultiplyAlpha();
}
}
}, null);
}