Embedded images not showing when in a UserControl

Question

I have an Image control that contains a path to an embedded image (build action 'resource').

<Image Source="Assets/images/image.png" Stretch="None" />

If I add that to a container in my MainPage.xaml the image appears fine. When having the same image in a UserControl as shown below, and then adding an instance of that UserControl on MainPage.xaml the image does not appear.

<UserControl x:Class="HomePage.Views.SimpleUserContol"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" 
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" >
    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" >
        <Image Source="Assets/images/image.png" Stretch="None" />
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

Can anyone shed any light on why this happening and maybe point me in the direction of a solution.

Cheers, J

(I'm working in Silverlight but would think the same thing probably happens in WPF)

EDIT:

Setting

<Image Source="/Assets/images/image.png" Stretch="None" />

works fine when setting the build action to 'Content' however it doesn't work when using 'resource'. The problem is definatly it's relative position in the file structure as add ../ works fine. I'd still like a solution to get an image from the assembly if possible

Answer 1

You have to reference it as a resource, not just the path. This is how it is done in a WPF application:

<Image Source="/MyAppName;component/images/image.png" Stretch="None" />

The original image is located in images/image.png

Note:
I have no experience in SilverLight, but you said it is probably similiar in WPF, so I suggest this...

Answer 2

You're using a relative path to the image. If your UserControl is located in a subdirectory, the relative path is not valid anymore. You should use an absolute path like "/Assets/images/image.png", or "pack://application:,,,/Assets/images/image.png" (use this last version if your UserControl is going to be used by another assembly)

Answer 3

If you needed to change its build type from Content to Resource, try building clean. I had everything exactly right (path to other project's resources, build type, et al.) yet it didn't work until I added a new image to the images folder, which perhaps cleared out the old statuses.

In fact, manually delete the bin and obj folders in the project where the image is.