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chad
chad

Reputation: 737

Xamarin Forms - FileImageSource from File System?

I'm trying to set the icon for a toolbar item and hit a snag. I'd like to load the image from an "icon pack" downloaded by the user. I have the icons downloading properly, but they don't seem to load for the display.

var tb = new Forms.ToolbarItem();
tb.Icon = new Forms.FileImageSource { File = "add.png" };

It does, however, seem to work when I manually mark them as an android resource in the build (which I would not be able to allow users to use "icon packs" I would presume). Is it not possible to use the FileImageSource for local files?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2614

Answers (1)

Jason
Jason

Reputation: 89082

FileImageSource will not work with paths from outside the app bundle. If you want to load images that are not in the bundle, use a StreamImageSource and use DependencyService to provide a stream from a path for each platform.

Upvotes: 4

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