GridViewItem Dynamic Image

Robert Hansford

13y1.8kC#

Hey. i have a big problem.. i need to load an image into a grid view item from a external source for instance from the C:// drive or desktop how ever it does not seem to load.. it gives no errors:
imgBrsh.ImageSource = new BitmapImage(new Uri("ms-appx:///Assets/Logo.png"));
this line works and will load an image how ever using
imgBrsh.ImageSource = new BitmapImage(new Uri("F:\Pictures\55797441.jpg"));
however the above line does not load the image. i cannot use "ms-appx:///" since the images will not be included in the project

any help will be greatly appreciated

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Robert Hansford13y ago
Ok so i managed to get it working.. Finally!
this is the code i used to get it working! thanks to this guy :gregtheross

string path = "F:/Images/pic.png"
StorageFile file = await StorageFile.GetFileFromPathAsync(path);
IRandomAccessStream stream = await file.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.Read);
BitmapImage bmp = new BitmapImage();
bmp.SetSource(stream);
imgBrsh.ImageSource = bmp;
Robert Hansford13y ago
Sorry.. but im not exactly sure how that works/how it will help in with my error.
Pavan Ramamurthy13y ago
public string GetImageUrl(object checkObject) { if (checkObject!= null) { bool check; bool parsable = bool.Parse(checkObject.ToString(), out check); check= parsable ? check : false; return check ? "~/Media/Images/tick.png" : "~/Media/Images/untick.png"; } return "~/Media/Images/none.png"; }