ShapefileReader Class

Provides functionality to load shape data from an external file in the Shapefiles format.

Namespace: DevExpress.UI.Xaml.Map

Assembly: DevExpress.UI.Xaml.Map.v21.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Uwp.Controls

Declaration

C#

public class ShapefileReader :
    MapFileReaderBase

VB.NET

Public Class ShapefileReader
    Inherits MapFileReaderBase

Example

To load vector data from a Shapefile, do the following.

• Create a VectorFileLayer object and add it to the MapControl.Layers collection.
• Create an instance of the ShapefileReader class and assign the instance to the VectorFileLayer.FileReader property.
• Create a MapFileSourceBase class descendant object, configure it and assign it to the MapFileReaderBase.FileSource property of the instance.

XAML

<Map:VectorFileLayer 
    ShapeStroke="{ThemeResource AppBarBackgroundThemeBrush}">
    <Map:ShapefileReader>
        <Map:ShapefileReader.FileSource>
            <Map:MapPackageFileSource FileName="Assets\Countries.shp"/>
        </Map:ShapefileReader.FileSource>
    </Map:ShapefileReader>
</Map:VectorFileLayer>

Inheritance

Object

DependencyObject

MapFileReaderBase

ShapefileReader