MapX

Explore various Xamarin mapping solutions.

Build

• Install Multilingual App Toolkit 4.0
• To get maps to work without limitations
  • Create account(s) with various map providers
  • Add API token(s) for those accounts to Secrets.cs

Design

• xamarin.forms, uwp, .net standard 2.0
  • Slideover menu (master-view)
  • Shared string localization using .resx
  • Vector images (iOS and Android)
  • Adaptive-icon for Android
  • Interactive vector map using MapBox iOS and Android SDKs (NAXAM forms bindings)
• xamarin.android, xamarin.ios, uwp, mvvmcross, .net standard 2.0
  • Slide-over (hamburger) main menu using native, first-party controls
    • Android - Single root activity with pages as fragments; Android.Support.V7.Widget.Toolbar
    • iOS - Single root view with pages in ContentView; UINavigationBar
    • UWP - Single NavigationView with pages in ContentFrame; CommandBar
  • Shared string localization using .resx in PCL and MvvmCross ResxLocalization plugin
  • Vector images
  • MvvmCross Messenger plugin for communication between services, viewmodels, and views
  • MvvmCross Location plugin
  • Interactive vector map using MapBox iOS and Android SDKs (NAXAM native bindings), Bing Maps UWP SDK