1. Displaying Local Images
Lecture 4
Displaying Local Images
C# vs XAML

2. Adding an Image to Android App Project
right-click drawable -> Add -> Existing Item -> your-pic

4. using System;
using Xamarin.Forms;
namespace NowApp {
public class ButtonPage : ContentPage
public ButtonPage()
Button button = new Button
Text = "Now",
BorderWidth = 1,
HorizontalOptions = LayoutOptions.Center,
VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.CenterAndExpand };
button.Clicked += OnButtonClicked;
Button picbtn = new Button
Text = "Mickey",
picbtn.Clicked += OnPicbtnClicked;
this.Padding = new Thickness(10, Device.OnPlatform(20, 0, 0), 10, 5);
this.Content = new StackLayout
Children =
button,
picbtn }
void OnButtonClicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
Navigation.PushAsync(new anotherPage());
void OnPicbtnClicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
Navigation.PushAsync(new imagePage());
using System;
using Xamarin.Forms;
namespace NowApp {
public class imagePage : ContentPage
public imagePage()
Image imgDisp = new Image();
imgDisp.Source = "Mickey_Mouse.jpg";
Content = new StackLayout
Children =
imgDisp } };

9. Compare with Displaying Images using XAML Markup

15. https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/xamarin-forms/xaml/xaml-basics/