Set image source to a URI

Question

If i have a link to an image online and i want to set the image source to this uri, how should i do it best? The code i\'m trying is shown below.

Answer 1

This is the right way to do it. If you want to cache the image for later re-use, you could always download it in the Isolated Storage. Use a WebClient with OpenReadAsync - pass the image URI and store it locally.

WebClient client = new WebClient();
client.OpenReadCompleted += new OpenReadCompletedEventHandler(client_OpenReadCompleted);
client.OpenReadAsync(new Uri("IMAGE_URL"));

void client_OpenReadCompleted(object sender, OpenReadCompletedEventArgs e)
{
    IsolatedStorageFile file = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication();

    using (IsolatedStorageFileStream stream = new IsolatedStorageFileStream("image.jpg", System.IO.FileMode.Create, file))
    {
        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        while (e.Result.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length) > 0)
        {
            stream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
        }
    }
}

Reading it will be the other way around:

using (IsolatedStorageFileStream stream = new IsolatedStorageFileStream("image.jpg", System.IO.FileMode.Open, file))
{
    BitmapImage image = new BitmapImage();
    image.SetSource(stream);

    image1.Source = image;
}