backgroundImage

Question

Does anybody have any idea how to add the backgroundimage of the tile but from the LOCAL folder?

this works: backgroundImage: '/images/metrobooks-icon.png', //<-- part of the App Package inside the "images" folder 

this does not: backgroundImage: folder.path+"\\myimage.gif",  <-- I WANT THIS

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var folder = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.current.localFolder;

list.push({
                        group: sampleGroups[0], 
                        key: "ss",
                        title: myTitle,
                        subtitle: '',
                        backgroundColor: "rgb(231,98,33)",
                        backgroundImage: folder.path+"\\myimage.gif",
                        content: (new Array(16)).join(''),
                        description: ''
                    }); 

Any ideas?

Answer 1

This seems to work:

backgroundImage: "ms-appdata:///local/myimage.gif",

but beware of this caching problem.

As far as I can tell, if you are dynamically changing these images, you need to always store them in this storage location with unique urls, making sure you are removing images that are no longer needed.

Answer 2

What a shame! ¬¬

lol