AddToImageList.pas

type
  TImageListHelper = class helper for TImageList
    function Add(ABitmap: TBitmap): integer;
  end;
  
...  

function TImageListHelper.Add(aBitmap: TBitmap): integer;
const
  SCALE = 1;
var
  vSource: TCustomSourceItem;
  vBitmapItem: TCustomBitmapItem;
  vDest: TCustomDestinationItem;
  vLayer: TLayer;
begin
  Result := -1;
  if (aBitmap.Width = 0) or (aBitmap.Height = 0) then
    exit;

  // add source bitmap
  vSource := Source.Add;
  vSource.MultiResBitmap.TransparentColor := TColorRec.Fuchsia;
  vSource.MultiResBitmap.SizeKind := TSizeKind.Source;
  vSource.MultiResBitmap.Width := Round(aBitmap.Width / SCALE);
  vSource.MultiResBitmap.Height := Round(aBitmap.Height / SCALE);
  vBitmapItem := vSource.MultiResBitmap.ItemByScale(SCALE, True, True);
  if vBitmapItem = nil then
  begin
    vBitmapItem := vSource.MultiResBitmap.Add;
    vBitmapItem.Scale := Scale;
  end;
  vBitmapItem.Bitmap.Assign(aBitmap);

  vDest := Destination.Add;
  vLayer := vDest.Layers.Add;
  vLayer.SourceRect.Rect := TRectF.Create(TPoint.Zero, vSource.MultiResBitmap.Width,
    vSource.MultiResBitmap.Height);
  vLayer.Name := vSource.Name;
  Result := vDest.Index;
end;