Zoom to point or extent

Question

Hi, I my code, I want to be able to zoom to a point or extent on the map. How can I do that?

The user can enter an address, and an API call returns the coordinats, which I am using to create a Graphic on the map:

MapPoint houseNumberToDisplay = new MapPoint(HouseNumberToMap.geometri.coordinates[0][0], HouseNumberToMap.geometri.coordinates[0][1], sr);

CreateGraphics(houseNumberToDisplay);

I got a Map property thats binding to the xmal:

<esri:MapView x:Name="MainMapView"
      Map="{Binding Map}" 
      Grid.ColumnSpan="2" 
      Background="White"
      GraphicsOverlays = "{Binding GraphicsOverlays}"
           />

I am trying to create a mapView object and set the Map object to the mapView object, so i can use the 'SetViewpointAsync' method. But I get this error message:

System.Windows.Markup.XamlParseException: ''Set property 'Esri.ArcGISRuntime.UI.Controls.MapView.Map' threw an exception.' Line number '79' and line position '23'.'

ArcGISRuntimeException: Object is already owned: Already owned.

What am I missing?

SomeGISGuy · Accepted Answer

Note that you can't zoom to a point - you can pan to it, but to zoom, you'll need the overload of Viewpoint that takes a scale as well. This is because the point has an infinitely small size, so we wouldn't know how far to zoom in. It really depends on what the point represents (building, address, city, etc).

Wrt Already Owned exception: A map can only be active with one MapView at a time. Are you using the map with multiple mapviews? Also note that if the garbage collector hasn't had a chance to clear out the old mapview yet, the map might still be associated with the mapview. A good way around this is when a mapview closes, to unhook the map immediately from the mapview, so it's ready for use on the next one.

SomeGISGuy · Accepted Answer

That is correct. Setting view points are view operations that require view-code. However the toolkit introduces a GeoViewController that gives you the ability to declare a view controller in your view model, and then bind that on to the mapview: https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-maps-sdk-dotnet-toolkit/blob/main/docs/geoviewcontroller.md

Example: https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-maps-sdk-dotnet-toolkit/blob/0d12057c95e3be6b2d693715fd2b1c1fd13e8b98/src/Samples/Toolkit.SampleApp.WPF/Samples/GeoViewController/GeoViewControllerSampleVM.cs#L31