UIImage loaded from URL in Xamarin / C#

Question

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Is there a standard way to create a UIImage with an image from a URL? Something like:

Answer 1

I tried the above, it looks like a great idea, but I get: Cannot implicitly convert type System.Threading.Tasks.Task' toMonotouch.UIKit.UIImage'

[found a solution] The problem was because the
obj.Image = await this.LoadImage (imageUrl) must also be in a method marked async. Then it works!

Thanks