Set Material on UI Image Component

Can I please get some help adding a material on the fly to this component?

Code (CSharp):

1.     public void OnBeginDrag(PointerEventData eventData)
2.     {
3.         if (dragDisabled == false)
4.         {
5.             sourceCell = GetCell();                  
6.             draggedItem = gameObject;                                            
7.             // Create item's icon
8.             icon = new GameObject();
9.             icon.transform.SetParent(canvas.transform);
10.             icon.name = "Moving Icon";
11.             Image myImage = GetComponent<Image>();

This all works great, but I want to set the a material to the image as it's created.

I've tried material = GetComponent<Renderer>().material; and a few other things (not a very good coder) and could use a hand. What code do I need to use to add a material to this image component used in the UI?

Cheers!

 

https://docs.unity3d.com/2018.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/UI.Image.html

Try changing the material on the image component

 

That is exactly what I'm trying to do, without success.

 

Code (CSharp):

1. Image image = GetComponent<Image>();
2. image.material = material;

What about this one?

 

Thanks.

I have tried that, but for some reason it doesn't work.

I guess it's not obvious after all. I'll keep pottering about and hopefully stumble across the reason.

 

You can share more parts of the code regarding your material setting, so we should help you, as changing the material's property works, so the problem doesn't lay here.

 

Thanks. That's very kind. If I continue to butt my head against a wall, I will post again.

 

https://forum.unity.com/threads/shader-graph-ui-image-shader.628111/

Dragging the material on top of the material attribute in the inspector did it, I was dragging it to the empty space as with other 3d components.

 

Probably is not necessary anymore.
But maybe the problem is the import.
Check if you using "UnityEngine.UIElements" instead of "UnityEngine.UI"