How to: Add a Map Control at Design Time

• Aug 03, 2020

This short introductory example describes how to add a Map control to your Universal Windows application at design time within Visual Studio.

1. Run Microsoft Visual Studio 2017.
2. Create a new project by selecting FILE | New | Project… in the main menu. In the New Project window that is invoked, select Windows Store | Blank App (Xaml) and specify the project name.

3. Add the MapControl component to your project.

   To do this, locate the MapControl item in the Toolbox under the DX.19.2: Visualization tab and drop it onto the form.

   

4. Right-click the map control and select the Layout | Reset All item in the context menu.

   

The MapControl has now been added to your application.