.NET MAUI Maps: A First Look - Pins, Polygons and more!

It's finally here! .NET MAUI Maps is making its way into the .NET MAUI codebase so let's have a first look at what it can do. Can you keep a secret? I will also tell you how to get hold of the first bits to try .NET MAUI Maps out yourself... Today!

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⏱ Timestamps
00:00 - .NET MAUI Maps
00:23 - What happened to Maps?
01:19 - Breaking Changes
02:27 - Setting up .NET MAUI Maps
05:46 - Explore Maps APIs
11:20 - Get Started Yourself Today 🤫
14:18 - What Happened to Windows?!

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[jfversluis]

Right after posting this video I tried a new version of the NuGets and they might already not be compatible anymore with the current .NET MAUI version 😅 so the fun might be over already. Sorry! Then you'll have to wait until .NET 7.

[gregorymoore]

I would like to see a custom pins video. Also, can a subclass of Pin be added to the map?

[cizzl]

A video or short example to show this as MVVM would be very cool!

[Eric-plpz]

I followed the steps to create an API key in the Google API console with no restrictions. It only displays a blank map even with the proper key embedded. Has anyone else found this to be an issue?

[ignatiusmaziofa]

Thank you. Is it possible to change the color of the pin?

[josedonizeteoliveirajunior]

It's getting really good! Congratulations. I think a video about custom pins would be cool. Is it also possible to customize the location information by clicking on the pin? Thank you for everything

[strnbrgd]

You said there is an option for custom pins. How? Maps look amazing. great performance

[cizzl]

Omg, finally! Thank you very much for it! I would also love to see windows support

[yosimadsu]

Would you please show us how to use BLE in .NET MAUI? Because this is the only feature that is not implemented in MAUI.

[EmbraceUnity]

Super excited about this. Really want the web-based Bing implementation for WinUI, so that we can have something as soon as possible. Since it is already built, it sounds like releasing it to a community toolkit is a great idea.

[christerad]

Is there any way to use binding context on the pin?

[MiguelSantos-pz]

Is it free to use? Don't you have to pay for it after "x" map renders?

[jasonyang]

Hi Gerald, Thanks for the sharing.
Do you know how to use communitytoolkits mvvm to map control? I am struggling about markerclicked event on Pin. I don't know how to bind it to a command.
Thank you in advance.

[SKglitches]

Is there a possibility for Tag property on Pin to assign custom object as a value which can be then retrieved back from the Pin? This is needed

[davefoley]

I am very happy to see the inclusion of a map control. I also use the custom pins, info window when custom pins is tapped. In addition when the map is long tapped I add that GPS point. This control is the single remaining challenge I have to permit me to move my app from Xamarin Forms to Maui.

[mugileeshwaranj.s]

Hi, I'm using MAUI Maps, Currently the existing google API, Key is working on lower version of Andriod, but the same API Key is showing blank map on Android 12 and 13, Any idea how to solve this?

[b]

Does anyone know hot to visulize a heatmap on an ArcGis map with .NET MAUI?

[weggetor]

I would be highly interested in a video about creating polygons on the map. Need this for a game I'm working on

[marketdevsoft]

When i try to insert map in my .net maui project following this good video, i have this exception:
'Handler not found for view

Can someone help me to resolve ?

Best Regards.

Raffo

[chdub-vuvb]

Thank you very much for these excellents videos !! Have you any news about a Wndows version of a mapping tool ?