Xamarin.Mac - MacImages
Source code for the Working with Images documentation on Xamarin Documentation
When working with C# and .NET in a Xamarin.Mac application, you have access to the same Image and Icon tools that a developer working in in Objective-C and Xcode does.
There are several ways that image assets are used inside a macOS application. From simply displaying an image as part of your application's UI to, assigning it to a UI control such as a Tool Bar or Source List Item, to providing Icons, Xamarin.Mac makes it easy to add great artwork to your macOS applications in the following ways:
- UI Elements - Images can be displayed as backgrounds or as part of your application in a Image View (
NSImageView). - Button - Images can be displayed in buttons (
NSButton). - Image Cell - As part of a table based control (
NSTableVieworNSOutlineView), images can be used in a Image Cell (NSImageCell). - Toolbar Item - Images can be added to a Toolbar (
NSToolbar) as a Image Toolbar Item (NSToolbarItem). - Source List Icon - As part of a Source List (a specially formatted
NSOutlineView). - App Icon - A series of images can be grouped together into a .icns set and used as your application's icon. See our Application Icon documentation for more information.
Additionally, macOS provides a set of predefined images that can be used throughout your application. This example covers using an Image in Xamarin.Mac in all of the above listed situations.
Prerequisites
- Mac computer with the latest version of macOS.
- Visual Studio for Mac.
- Latest version of Xcode from Apple.
Running the sample
- Open the solution file (.sln) in Visual Studio for Mac.
- Use the Run button or menu to start the app.