I put a textblock on top as seen below and the map freezes
<Window x:Class="MapApp.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:esri="http://schemas.esri.com/arcgis/runtime/2013"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MapApp"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
<esri:MapView x:Name="MyMapView">
<esri:Map x:Name="MyMap">
<esri:ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer ID="BaseMap"
ServiceUri="http://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer"/>
</esri:Map>
</esri:MapView>
<TextBlock Foreground="Red">Whatever</TextBlock>
</Grid>
</Window>