Bing Maps SDK for Windows Store apps

by Alex Sorokoletov | March 24 2013

Latest release reviewed:1.1.20120927.4

Well, Sometimes updates come. No idea what's being fixed, because there is no way to get any details on release notes. Threads on msdn forums are just viewed and no reply from any team member received. Okay, I'll give 2 stars instead of one. But please make transparent release notes, voting for features (uservoice, for example) and do answer at support forums. We're writing apps for your Store, so please be polite.



Older release reviewed:

No bindings. Designer support too awesome to be working. Often map doesn't show changes until you move it or do some other magic.

by Tomaž Ščavničar | February 14 2013

Hi. I used this examples in my Win8 JavaScript Grid app and found a problem. The map was not loaded, so the initialize function was not called because of:

document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", initialize, false);

I change it to the:

WinJS.Utilities.ready(initialize, true).done( /* Your success and error handlers */);

and everything worked fine.

I'v used this SDK: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Bing-Maps-SDK-for-Metro-31b378eb

Cheers

by marten_range | January 13 2013

So far the Control works fine for me, I am not so bothered about lack of bindable properties as I build my wrapper Control around Bing Map anyway.

by Viikki | November 08 2012

Many bugs and missing features comparing to WP7

by sandør | November 06 2012

We finaly got Release build and Arm support :). Now needs some improvements on Binding and Templating :)

by Tony Leone | October 13 2012

"Horrible SDK!
No support for bingings, causes the designer to work incorrect, etc.
I wasted too much time using this - hoping for an alternative in the future."

Idem, i cannot use this sdk for me app, resolve please !!

by einarabelc5 | October 10 2012

Found a bug with the Map Location Logic:

If your device is located on the West coast of the U.S.

Have Location Services permissions set to on on your App(Using this SDK)

Make a Call to My Location, map will scroll and zoom on the current location.

Zoom out to 400 miles/600 Km

Scroll the map over to Japan

Make another call to My Location.

Expected: Map scrolls back to current location on West coast and zooms in on Current Location, to the left:

Actual: Map scrolls to the right and zooms in the middle of the Pacific ocean.

by kiraningale | October 08 2012

I downloaded the new version of Bing map from this page. On this page the version of the bing map is 1.1.20120927.0
When I reference the downloaded Bing Map in my project, it is still showing the version number of 1.0.0.0
When I try to run "Windwos App Certification Kit" on my app, it is complaining about the BING MAPS. The certification tool fails with following error messages:

Error Found: The supported APIs test detected the following errors:
◦API ??0COMException@Platform@@QE$AAA@H@Z in vccorlib110.dll is not supported for this application type. Bing.Maps.dll calls this API.
◦API ??0ChangedStateException@Platform@@QE$AAA@XZ in vccorlib110.dll is not supported for this application type. Bing.Maps.dll calls this API.
◦API ??0Delegate@Platform@@QE$AAA@XZ in vccorlib110.dll is not supported for this application type. Bing.Maps.dll calls this API.
◦API ??0DisconnectedException@Platform@@QE$AAA@XZ in vccorlib110.dll is not supported for this application type. Bing.Maps.dll calls this API.
...
...
...

Any idea how to fix this issue?

by Bond Goat Nguyen | October 04 2012

It's cool, the data is updated more detail but seems that it's not smooth when moving or zooming in/out especially on touch device.

by harwi | October 04 2012

Got it installed by running the vsix file: the beta is gone, Cool!
(Nuget didn't work for me)
Thanks
Hans