Xamarin.iOS Image Blur

Blur.cs

public static UIImage Blur(this UIImage image, float blurRadius = 25f)
{
  if (image != null)
  {
    // Create a new blurred image.
    var imageToBlur = new CIImage (image);
    var blur = new CIGaussianBlur ();
    blur.Image = imageToBlur;
    blur.Radius = blurRadius;
    
    var blurImage = blur.OutputImage;
    var context = CIContext.FromOptions (new CIContextOptions { UseSoftwareRenderer = false });
    var cgImage = context.CreateCGImage (blurImage, new RectangleF (new PointF (0, 0), image.Size));
    var newImage = UIImage.FromImage (cgImage);
    
    // Clean up
    imageToBlur.Dispose ();
    context.Dispose ();
    blur.Dispose ();
    blurImage.Dispose ();
    cgImage.Dispose ();
    
    return newImage;
  }
  return null;
}

blurUsage

UIImage blurred = toBlur.Blur();