I'm developing a Windows 8 Metro-style application and I want to use vector images. As there seems to be no direct support for svg images, I am trying to use a xaml fragment consisting of multiple shapes (a path and some lines) as an image. I would like to have a resource dictionary entry with the composite shape and be able to include it in different pages. Ideally, I would also like to be able to resolve a specific composite shape from a data bound property.
From what I've read, the WPF approach was to have a VisualBrush or DrawingBrush consisting of the shapes, but there are no such classes in Windows 8 (and it seems like it's not even possible to derive from Brush).
How am I supposed to do this using WinRT UI?
No, you cannot use a DrawingBrush as the value of a background property in WinRT XAML. It's too bad, huh? Seems like a very powerful features to setup the fill of an object with vector layouts. In fact DrawingBrush is not even part of Windows 8 yet. It is what it is. For now, images are a fine solution. But we feel your pain.
I might as well toss in that VisualBrush is not part of WinRT-XAML either.