If the file isn’t found or can’t be loaded, the resulting gtk.image.Image
will display a “broken image” icon. This function never returns null,
it always returns a valid gtk.image.Image widget.
The storage type (see gtk.image.Image.getStorageType)
of the returned image is not defined, it will be whatever
is appropriate for displaying the file.
Creates a new gtk.image.Image displaying the file filename.
If the file isn’t found or can’t be loaded, the resulting gtk.image.Image will display a “broken image” icon. This function never returns null, it always returns a valid gtk.image.Image widget.
If you need to detect failures to load the file, use gdk.texture.Texture.newFromFile to load the file yourself, then create the gtk.image.Image from the texture.
The storage type (see gtk.image.Image.getStorageType) of the returned image is not defined, it will be whatever is appropriate for displaying the file.