diff --git a/mobile/lib/utils/image_util.dart b/mobile/lib/utils/image_util.dart
index a5bcb03a7..e5b0d72fa 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/utils/image_util.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/utils/image_util.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:ui' as ui;
 
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
+import 'package:image/image.dart' as img;
 
 Future<ImageInfo> getImageInfo(ImageProvider imageProvider) {
   final completer = Completer<ImageInfo>();
@@ -14,3 +16,35 @@ Future<ImageInfo> getImageInfo(ImageProvider imageProvider) {
   completer.future.whenComplete(() => imageStream.removeListener(listener));
   return completer.future;
 }
+
+Future<ui.Image> convertImageToFlutterUi(img.Image image) async {
+  if (image.format != img.Format.uint8 || image.numChannels != 4) {
+    final cmd = img.Command()
+      ..image(image)
+      ..convert(format: img.Format.uint8, numChannels: 4);
+    final rgba8 = await cmd.getImageThread();
+    if (rgba8 != null) {
+      image = rgba8;
+    }
+  }
+
+  final ui.ImmutableBuffer buffer =
+      await ui.ImmutableBuffer.fromUint8List(image.toUint8List());
+
+  final ui.ImageDescriptor id = ui.ImageDescriptor.raw(
+    buffer,
+    height: image.height,
+    width: image.width,
+    pixelFormat: ui.PixelFormat.rgba8888,
+  );
+
+  final ui.Codec codec = await id.instantiateCodec(
+    targetHeight: image.height,
+    targetWidth: image.width,
+  );
+
+  final ui.FrameInfo fi = await codec.getNextFrame();
+  final ui.Image uiImage = fi.image;
+
+  return uiImage;
+}