feature request - load/decode an image

[acidjazz]

this is a request to have something the equivalent of decodeImage from the dart image package allowing me to load an image using native functionality so it doesn't take as long.

[btastic]

Okay, so.. what is the goal of this feature request?

We can load an image into memory using native methods, but I can't return a reference or an array back to dart, since a reference would only work with native tools, and an array would mean copying the whole array in the same fashion the dart image package would do.

[acidjazz]

I'm just looking for a way to get a File into an Image w/out having to isolate and wait 10 seconds, so far the only way I can see to do that is with decodeImage()

[btastic]

Well the problem is that a File or an Image is just something that holds onto a List<int> internally. So we still have to manage the way from decoding an image on their native platforms, and transferring the bytes back to dart.

There is no magic function that will make it go fast. Once you want the bytes within a dart object, the language (VM) will take time to copy the bytes to the dart counterpart (List<int>)

I am not a dart expert by any means, but thats what I read from the other repository's guys answer to the problem. Reading the bytes and copying it into an array. Thats not going to be fast, as far as I know..