Using font icons in WP8.1 Silverlight ApplicationBar

Question

I'm trying to figure out why I can't use the glyphicons that are available to WP8 XAML apps in my Silverlight 8.1 Application.

As you can see from the fragment below, I have to specify an image to use as the icon compared to the ease of using one of the glyph icons.

<phone:PhoneApplicationPage.ApplicationBar>
    <shell:ApplicationBar IsVisible="True" IsMenuEnabled="True">
        <shell:ApplicationBarIconButton IconUri="/Images/appbar_button2.png" Text="Button 2"/>

Does anyone know how I can simply use the icons without needing to go through the extra work of creating images?

Answer 1

In WP8.1 Silverlight you need to use an image. The symbol enumeration with those glyphicons are only available for Windows (Phone) Store apps only, see the documentation :

Minimum supported Phone: Windows Phone 8.1 [Windows Runtime apps only]