Image overlay (album) template (XAML)

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[ This article is for Windows 8.x and Windows Phone 8.x developers writing Windows Runtime apps. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation ]

Use this item template with a GridView to display a collection using an image with a text overlay.

This example shows the image gallery DataTemplate and a GridView that uses the template.

<DataTemplate x:Key="ImageOverlayAlbumDataTemplate">
    <Grid Background="#FF939598" Height="130" Width="130">
        <Image Source="/SampleImage.png"  Stretch="UniformToFill"/>                        
        <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Background="#CC000000" Height="50" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
            <TextBlock Text="Ay Lorem Ipsum" Margin="10,3,0,0" Width="120" Height="20" 
                       TextTrimming="WordEllipsis" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
            <TextBlock Text="Dolor sit amet" Margin="10,0,0,10" Width="120" Height="20" 
                       TextTrimming="WordEllipsis" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
        </StackPanel>
    </Grid>                           
</DataTemplate>

<GridView x:Name="ImageOverlayAlbumGrid" CanReorderItems="True" CanDragItems="True" 
          ItemTemplate="{StaticResource ImageOverlayAlbumDataTemplate}" >
    <GridView.ItemsPanel>
        <ItemsPanelTemplate>
            <ItemsWrapGrid MaximumRowsOrColumns="3"/>                      
        </ItemsPanelTemplate>
    </GridView.ItemsPanel>
</GridView>