Silverlight Image Data Binding
- by Alexander
I am new to Silverlight, and have an issue with binding.
I have a class ItemsManager, that has inside its scope another class Item.
class ItemsManager
{
...
class Item : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
...
private BitmapImage bitmapSource;
public BitmapImage BitmapSource
{
get { return bitmapSource; }
set
{
bitmapSource = value;
if(PropertyChanged != null )PropertyChanged("BitmapSource")
}
}
}
}
I do the following in code to test binding:
{
ItemsManager.Instance.AddItem("123");
//Items manager started downloading item visual
//part (in my case bitmap image png)
Binding b = new Binding("Source");
b.Source = ItemsManager.Instance.GetItem("123").BitmapSource;
b.BindsDirectlyToSource = true;
Image img = new Image();
img.SetBinding(Image.SourceProperty, b);
img.Width = (double)100.0;
img.Height = (double)100.0;
LayoutRoot.Children.Add(img);
}
Once image is loaded, image doesn't appear. Though, if I set directly after image has been loaded its source, it displays well.
I also noticed that PropertyChanged("BitmapSource") never fires, because PropertyChanged is null, like Image never binded to it.
I am looking forward to hearing from you!