WPF: Solid color ImageSource

Question

In my app I display images I get from external DLLs, by binding the Source of an Image control to an ImageSource.

This works well, but sometimes I don't get any data from my DLL and I'd like to just show a black image. In that case, how do I create an ImageSource which contains just a solid color?

Answer 1

An alternative method is to give a background color, and not show the image.

// XAML
<Grid Background="Black">
  <Image x:Name="imgDisplay"/>
</Grid>

// C#
imgDisplay.Source = null;
// -- OR --
imgDisplay.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;