Image Card

The ImageCard extends the CardMessage by adding the option for displaying an image.

Defining an ImageCardMessage

ImageCardMessage cardMessage = new ImageCardMessage(this.currentAuthor); 
 
cardMessage.ActionResultsOrientation = Orientation.Vertical; 
cardMessage.Title = "Jack Johns"; 
cardMessage.SubTitle = "Senior Front-end Developer "; 
cardMessage.Text = "Jack has an experience of 5 years as a front-end developer."; 
cardMessage.ImageSource = new BitmapImage(new Uri("ms-appx:///JackJohns.png", UriKind.Absolute)); 
 
this.chat.AddMessage(cardMessage); 

RadChat with an ImageCardMessage

Card Orientation

RadChat exposes the CardOrientation property for controlling its orientation. It is an enumeration that has the following two values:

• Portrait
• Landscape

The default value is Portrait. When set to Landscape the previously defined ImageCardMessage will be visualized as shown below.

RadChat with a landscape-oriented ImageCardMessage

Display Mode

The display mode of the image of ImageCardMessage can be manipulated through the ImageDisplayMode enumeration. It has two value which are listed below.

• Stretch
• Thumbnail

By default, the property will be set to Stretch. Setting it to Thumbnail will have the following output.

RadChat with a ImageCardMessage in thumbnail display-mode