Show image in Full screen

Question

I am working on Windows Phone 8 app and have a Image view like this in XAML:

Answer 1

An alternative approach, without passing the image details between pages, is to display a Popup:

private void HandleTapImage(object sender, GestureEventArgs e)
{
    var myPopup = new Popup
    {
        Child = new Image
        {
            Source = ((Image) sender).Source,
            Stretch = Stretch.UniformToFill,
            Height = Application.Current.Host.Content.ActualHeight,
            Width = Application.Current.Host.Content.ActualWidth
        }
    };
    myPopup.IsOpen = true; 
}

(Select Strech value best suited for your needs). With this approach however you have to manually hide ApplicationBar and SystemTray, if present, in the HandleTapImage method. You also have to take care of hiding the Popup and showing the bars again.