BitmapIcon
BitmapIcon enables you to use an image file as the source of your icon. Although this is the only type of IconElement that is not vector-based, it does two things to make the image almost as good as vector art:
→ It automatically scales the image to fit inside the circle
→ It respects transparency and replaces all non-transparent pixels with the appropriate Foreground brush (as long as Foreground is a solid color)
Figure 9.8 demonstrates using the app’s large splash screen image as the icon for three AppBarButtons with the following XAML, which varies the Foreground to demonstrate the special treatment of the image content:
<AppBarButton Label="Default Foreground"> <AppBarButton.Icon> < BitmapIcon ...
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