Maps v5.0.0 - Our Last Release

[TheCodeTraveler]

CommunityToolkit.Maui.Maps v5.0.0 - Our Last Release

The good news is that you no longer need us! In .NET 10, MAUI added Windows support to .NET MAUI's own Map control, meaning CommunityToolkit.Maui.Maps is no longer needed.

We recommend moving to .NET MAUI's official Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps package.

What changes in this release

• UseMauiCommunityToolkitMaps, its AppBuilderExtensions class and the Windows handler MapHandlerWindows are marked [Obsolete].
• The CommunityToolkit.Maui.Maps code will be removed from our repo when we merge our .NET 11 PR (Update to .NET 11 #3331)

How to migrate

1. Remove the CommunityToolkit.Maui.Maps package, its using CommunityToolkit.Maui.Maps; directives and the UseMauiCommunityToolkitMaps() call.
2. Add the Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps package. The toolkit package used to reference it for you.
3. Call builder.UseMauiMaps() in MauiProgram.cs on every platform.
4. On Windows, also add an Azure Maps key: builder.ConfigureEssentials(essentials => essentials.UseMapServiceToken("YOUR_AZURE_MAPS_SUBSCRIPTION_KEY")). Without a valid key the Windows map shows no map data. See Manage authentication in Azure Maps to get one.

What to expect on Windows
.NET MAUI's Windows map is the WinUI 3 MapControl backed by Azure Maps.

• Supported: MoveToRegion, the Street, Satellite and Hybrid map types, traffic, scrolling, zooming and pins.
• Not supported yet: IsShowingUser, polygons, polylines and circles in MapElements, pin labels and info windows, and MapClicked.

Learn more

• .NET MAUI Map documentation
• Deprecation discussion: CommunityToolkit/Maui#3190
• CommunityToolkit.Maui Map documentation

What's Changed

• Add Device Tests, Apply Fixes for Bugs Found by @TheCodeTraveler in Add Device Tests, Apply Fixes for Bugs Found #3344

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