diff --git a/src/image.android.ts b/src/image.android.ts
index a0db671..956884c 100644
--- a/src/image.android.ts
+++ b/src/image.android.ts
@@ -679,14 +679,18 @@ export class Img extends ImageBase {
         }
     }
 
-    private getDrawable(path: string) {
+    private getDrawable(path: string | ImageSource) {
         let drawable: android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
-        if (utils.isFileOrResourcePath(path)) {
-            if (path.indexOf(utils.RESOURCE_PREFIX) === 0) {
-                drawable = this.getDrawableFromResource(path);
-            } else {
-                drawable = this.getDrawableFromLocalFile(path);
+        if (typeof path === 'string') {
+            if (utils.isFileOrResourcePath(path)) {
+                if (path.indexOf(utils.RESOURCE_PREFIX) === 0) {
+                    drawable = this.getDrawableFromResource(path);
+                } else {
+                    drawable = this.getDrawableFromLocalFile(path);
+                }
             }
+        } else {
+            drawable = new android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable(path.android);
         }
 
         return drawable;
diff --git a/src/image.d.ts b/src/image.d.ts
index 810c394..d1e2c01 100644
--- a/src/image.d.ts
+++ b/src/image.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as viewModule from 'tns-core-modules/ui/core/view';
+import { ImageSource } from 'tns-core-modules/image-source/image-source';
 
 export const debug: boolean;
 declare function setDebug(value: boolean)
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ export class Img extends viewModule.View {
     /**
      * String value used for the image URI.
      */
-    src: string;
+    src: string | ImageSource;
 
     /**
      * String value used for the lower res image URI.
@@ -78,12 +79,12 @@ export class Img extends viewModule.View {
     /**
      * String value used for the placeholder image URI.
      */
-    placeholderImageUri: string;
+    placeholderImageUri: string | ImageSource;
 
     /**
      * String value used for the failure image URI.
      */
-    failureImageUri: string;
+    failureImageUri: string | ImageSource;
 
     /**
      * String value used by Image image scale type. This property can be set to:
diff --git a/src/image.ios.ts b/src/image.ios.ts
index 7424d5c..0875103 100644
--- a/src/image.ios.ts
+++ b/src/image.ios.ts
@@ -532,18 +532,19 @@ export class Img extends ImageBase {
         this.handleImageProgress(totalSize > 0 ? currentSize / totalSize : -1, totalSize);
     };
 
-    private getUIImage(path: string) {
+    private getUIImage(path: string | ImageSource) {
         if (!path) {
             return null;
         }
         let image;
-        if (utils.isFileOrResourcePath(path)) {
-            // if (path.indexOf(utils.RESOURCE_PREFIX) === 0) {
-            //     image = imageSource.fromFileOrResource(path);
-            // } else {
-            image = fromFileOrResource(path);
-            // }
+        if (typeof path === 'string') {
+            if (utils.isFileOrResourcePath(path)) {
+                image = fromFileOrResource(path);
+            }
+        } else {
+            image = path;
         }
+
         // console.log("getUIImage", path, !!image, !!image && !!image.ios);
         if (image) {
             image = image.ios;