How Can I Embed and Use Images as Resources in My WPF Application?

Store image resources in WPF application

Question:

Is it appropriate to store small icons and images for a WPF application as embedded resources in the assembly? If so, how do I specify in XAML that the Image control should load images from embedded resources?

Answer:

Embedding image resources is a suitable approach when you need to use multiple images in multiple places. By doing this, you can load the image data into memory once and share it efficiently among all Image elements.

To create an embedded resource, follow these steps:

1. Add image files to your project.
2. Set its build action to "Resource" (right-click the file, select "Properties" and change the "Build Action" property).

In XAML, you can specify an embedded image resource as follows:

<code class="language-xml"><BitmapImage UriSource="pack://application:,,,/Media/Image.png" x:Key="MyImageSource"></BitmapImage></code>

Then, in your Image control, you can set the Source property to the resource key:

<code class="language-xml"><Image Source="{StaticResource MyImageSource}"></Image></code>

Make sure your images are sized appropriately to avoid bloating your assembly with unnecessary data.

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