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diff --git a/Xamarin.Forms.Core/ImageSourceConverter.cs b/Xamarin.Forms.Core/ImageSourceConverter.cs
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+using System;
+
+namespace Xamarin.Forms
+{
+	public sealed class ImageSourceConverter : TypeConverter
+	{
+		public override object ConvertFromInvariantString(string value)
+		{
+			if (value != null)
+			{
+				Uri uri;
+				return Uri.TryCreate(value, UriKind.Absolute, out uri) && uri.Scheme != "file" ? ImageSource.FromUri(uri) : ImageSource.FromFile(value);
+			}
+
+			throw new InvalidOperationException(string.Format("Cannot convert \"{0}\" into {1}", value, typeof(ImageSource)));
+		}
+	}
+}
+\ No newline at end of file