/// <summary>
/// adds an empty image as a child to the main grid of the application
/// </summary>
private void addSpriteContainer()
{
Image img = new Image();
img.Width = spriteWidth;
img.Height = spriteHeight;
img.HorizontalAlignment = System.Windows.HorizontalAlignment.Left;
img.VerticalAlignment = System.Windows.VerticalAlignment.Top;
Plant tempPlant = new Plant(img, spriteIndexGlobal++);
this.FlowerGrid.Children.Add(img);
this.availableSpriteContainers.Add(tempPlant);
}
/// <summary>
/// removes a given plant of the drawing grid and from the list of active plants.
/// the plants is hard-removed, meaning not withering ist done.
/// if you want to wither a plant, set its IsWithering property to true.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="plantToRemove"></param>
private void removePlant(Plant plantToRemove)
{
this.FlowerGrid.Children.Remove(plantToRemove.Img);
plantToRemove.Img = null;
this.activePlants.Remove(plantToRemove);
}