iOS 8 Visual Effects using Xamarin

EffectsController.cs

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using MonoTouch.UIKit;

namespace ViewEffectsDemo
{
    public class EffectsController : UIViewController
    {
        UIImageView imageView;
        UIScrollView scrollView;
        UILabel label;

        public override void ViewDidLoad ()
        {  
            imageView = new UIImageView ();

            using (var image = UIImage.FromFile ("monkey.jpg")) {
                imageView.Image = image;
                imageView.Frame = new RectangleF (0, 0, image.Size.Width, image.Size.Height);
            }

            scrollView = new UIScrollView (View.Frame) {
                ContentSize = imageView.Image.Size
            };

            scrollView.Add (imageView);

            View.Add (scrollView);

            // blur view
            var blur = UIBlurEffect.FromStyle (UIBlurEffectStyle.Light);
            var blurView = new UIVisualEffectView (blur) {
                Frame = new RectangleF (0, 0, imageView.Frame.Width, 400)
            };

            View.Add (blurView);

            // vibrancy view
            var frame = new Rectangle (10, 10, 100, 50);  
            var vibrancy = UIVibrancyEffect.FromBlurEffect (blur);
            var vibrancyView = new UIVisualEffectView (vibrancy) {
                Frame = frame
            };

            label = new UILabel {
                Text = "Hello iOS 8!",
                Frame = vibrancyView.Bounds
            };

            vibrancyView.ContentView.Add (label);
            blurView.ContentView.Add (vibrancyView);
        }
    }
}