[Solved] xamarin.forms.maps native support for bing maps v8

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Glad to see you are interested in using V8 in your mobile app. Many have used the Bing Maps web controls in mobile apps before. Note that Xamarin wraps native API’s and uses what ever the default maps are on the device. V8 is a web control, so it is unlikely that the Xamarin team will wrap the V8 web control. You can however use V8 in your Xamarin app by hosting it in a web browser/view control. https://github.com/XLabs/Xamarin-Forms-Labs/wiki/HybridWebView You then create the mapping functionality you need using JavaScript and then display it in the webview control. You can also connect your native code to JavaScript by injecting JavaScript commands into the webview.

It is possible that Xamarin may use Bing Maps in the future. If it does, it would do so using a native control and not a web control.

Accepted Answer

Glad to see you are interested in using V8 in your mobile app. Many have used the Bing Maps web controls in mobile apps before. Note that Xamarin wraps native API’s and uses what ever the default maps are on the device. V8 is a web control, so it is unlikely that the Xamarin team will wrap the V8 web control. You can however use V8 in your Xamarin app by hosting it in a web browser/view control. https://github.com/XLabs/Xamarin-Forms-Labs/wiki/HybridWebView You then create the mapping functionality you need using JavaScript and then display it in the webview control. You can also connect your native code to JavaScript by injecting JavaScript commands into the webview.

It is possible that Xamarin may use Bing Maps in the future. If it does, it would do so using a native control and not a web control.