Xamarin Forms ToolbarItem Icon from URL

Question

I've got a problem: In my Xamarin Forms project I want to show an Icon in the top left corner, but the image is only via url available.

This is my Code:

var toolbaricon = new ToolbarItem();
toolbaricon.Icon = "urlToImage";
ToolbarItems.Add(toolbaricon);

The Item gets added to the ToolbarItems, but doesn't show up. But if I use a local Image (image from drawable (android)) it works fine.

Is there a solution for this?

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Please consider marking as answer/upvoting if an answer helped you. — Steven Thewissen, Jul 18 '17 at 09:07

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 12 '17 at 15:28

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The ToolBarItem inherits MenuItem which needs a FileImageSource as its Icon property. This means it only accepts images from the platform resource folder. That means that you can't use an image from a URL.

answered Jul 12 '17 at 15:28

Steven Thewissen

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But is it possible, to temporary download the image and then assign the source to this downloaded image? – Juan Wayne Jul 12 '17 at 15:33
No because to read it from the file system you need a `StreamImageSource`, which cannot be assigned to a `FileImageSource`. – Steven Thewissen Jul 12 '17 at 15:34

Xamarin Forms ToolbarItem Icon from URL

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