How to Perform OCR on Android in .NET MAUI

using IronOcr;
using Microsoft.Maui.Controls;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace MAUIIronOCRAndroidSample
{
    public partial class MainPage : ContentPage
    {
        // Initialize IronTesseract once in a class
        private readonly IronTesseract ocrTesseract = new IronTesseract();

        public MainPage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            // Apply License key if required
            IronOcr.License.LicenseKey = "IRONOCR.MYLICENSE.KEY.1EF01";
        }

        private async void ReadFileOnImport(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                // Configure the file picker
                var options = new PickOptions
                {
                    PickerTitle = "Please select a file"
                };

                // Await user's file selection
                var result = await FilePicker.PickAsync(options);
                if (result != null)
                {
                    using var stream = await result.OpenReadAsync();
                    // Instantiate OcrInput
                    using var ocrInput = new OcrInput();
                    // Load image stream for OCR processing
                    ocrInput.AddImage(stream);
                    // Perform OCR
                    var ocrResult = ocrTesseract.Read(ocrInput);
                    // Display extracted text
                    OutputText.Text = ocrResult.Text;
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                // Log and handle exceptions
                Debug.WriteLine(ex);
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports IronOcr
Imports Microsoft.Maui.Controls
Imports System
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Namespace MAUIIronOCRAndroidSample
	Partial Public Class MainPage
		Inherits ContentPage

		' Initialize IronTesseract once in a class
		Private ReadOnly ocrTesseract As New IronTesseract()

		Public Sub New()
			InitializeComponent()
			' Apply License key if required
			IronOcr.License.LicenseKey = "IRONOCR.MYLICENSE.KEY.1EF01"
		End Sub

		Private Async Sub ReadFileOnImport(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
			Try
				' Configure the file picker
				Dim options = New PickOptions With {.PickerTitle = "Please select a file"}

				' Await user's file selection
				Dim result = Await FilePicker.PickAsync(options)
				If result IsNot Nothing Then
					Dim stream = Await result.OpenReadAsync()
					' Instantiate OcrInput
					Dim ocrInput As New OcrInput()
					' Load image stream for OCR processing
					ocrInput.AddImage(stream)
					' Perform OCR
					Dim ocrResult = ocrTesseract.Read(ocrInput)
					' Display extracted text
					OutputText.Text = ocrResult.Text
				End If
			Catch ex As Exception
				' Log and handle exceptions
				Debug.WriteLine(ex)
			End Try
		End Sub
	End Class
End Namespace