topic Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Xamarin.Form - MapView in .NET Maps SDK Questions

Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Xamarin.Form - MapView

JimFiddes — Fri, 19 May 2017 15:25:53 GMT

I'm developing a mobile product utilizing Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Xamarin.form nuget package and I'm having trouble adding a MapView to a Xamarin.Forms.AbsoluteView container. When I look at the documentation I see the mapview inherits from Xamarin.forms.view however when I go to add this child I'm receiving a message that the view is not what it needs to be. In VS2015 when I follow out the definitions of a mapview it takes me to Android.Views.View.

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using Esri.ArcGISRuntime;
using Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Geometry;
using Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Mapping;
using Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Symbology;
using Esri.ArcGISRuntime.UI;
using Esri.ArcGISRuntime.UI.Controls;
using Xamarin.Forms;

public class MapControlView : ContentPage
{
// Create and hold reference to the used MapView
private MapView _myMapView = new MapView();

private void CreateLayout()
{
Xamarin.Forms.AbsoluteLayout simpleLayout = new Xamarin.Forms.AbsoluteLayout
{
VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.FillAndExpand
};
simpleLayout.Children.Add(_myMapView);
// Show the layout in the app
this.Content = new StackLayout
{
Children = {simpleLayout}
};
}

}

Re: Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Xamarin.Form - MapView

AlexanderNohe1 — Fri, 19 May 2017 15:28:49 GMT

Moved this to the .NET stream rather than the Android stream as the Android stream refers to the native Android runtime.

Re: Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Xamarin.Form - MapView

JimFiddes — Fri, 19 May 2017 15:31:02 GMT

Thanks, seems like a blurry line with Xamarin now.

Re: Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Xamarin.Form - MapView

AlexanderNohe1 — Fri, 19 May 2017 15:33:58 GMT

I agree.

Re: Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Xamarin.Form - MapView

dotMorten_esri — Fri, 19 May 2017 18:18:50 GMT

Note that you're getting two MapView controls: You get the native Android Esri.ArcGISRuntime.UI.Controls.MapView control which is to be used in native non-forms Xamarin Android apps, and you get Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Xamarin.Forms.MapView which should be used in Xamarin.Forms apps.