The Image Element
Image enables images of multiple formats to be rendered: BMP, PNG, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-XR, TIFF, and even ICO files. It has a Source property of type ImageSource, but thanks to a type converter, you can set the property to a simple string in XAML, as in this example:
<Image Source="Assets/Logo.png"/>
Source can point to an image file packaged with your app (a resource), a file stored in app data (see Chapter 19, “Working with Data”), or an image from the Web. The content is fetched and processed asynchronously, so a slow network connection doesn’t impact your app’s responsiveness. When Source is set, it results in either an ImageOpened event being raised on success, or an ImageFailed event being raised ...
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