Use local images in Webbrowser control

Question

I\'m using a Webbrowser Control in my Wp7 app, but I can\'t seem to put images that are in the App directory, in the webbrowser.

I\'ve put some images in a folder in

Answer 1

On Windows Phone 8, where some WinRT classes are available, one can get a filesystem path of your app's isolated storage. So the absolute URL to a file in IsoStorage would be:

string URL = "file://" +
    Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.Path +
    "\\folder\\filename.png";

The WebBrowser control takes such URLs in a NavigateToString()'d HTML alright. Or you can designate IsoStorage as base and use relative URLs throughout. isostore: URLs don't work, I've tried. Neither do ms-appx://local/.

For completeness' sake, you can very similarly get a filesystem path to your app's resources. That'd be Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.InstalledLocation.Path.