Move Maps to handler architecture

[hartez]

API changes:

• Remove Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps.Position and use Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Location
• Remove Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps.Geocoder and use Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Geocoding
• Change Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps.Position on Pin to Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Location
• Change Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps.Position on MapClickedEventArgs to Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Location
• Change Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps.Position Center on MapSpan to Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Location
• Change Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps.Position Geopath on Polyline to Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Location
• Change Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps.Position Geopath on Polygon to Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Location
• Remove or make internal Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps.GeographyUtils

[jsuarezruiz]

Should it remain a separate library or be part of Core?

[hartez]

@Redth Any thoughts on this? I assumed it would still be a separate library.

[Redth]

Separate library.

[DavidBerschauer]

How high are the chances to see this coming in 2022?

[bricelam]

Note that a Windows handler implementation will probably want to wait for microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml#3024

[hartez]

I think @rachelkang has some plans for this.

[TFreudi1]

I'm also very intrested in the MAP Control or a way to use the native Control like Xamarin do.

[davidortinau]

@TFreudi1 see https://www.cayas.de/blog/dotnet-maui-custom-map-handler

[TFreudi1]

I got it to compile, but look there at the screenshot on the blog-page. The android simulator page in the background is empty. Samething is happen to mee, no map in Android. I double checked that I use the right Google-Maps API key. I don't get usefull messages in logcat. I added GPS permissions and try a lot of things the last weeks. It don't looks like an option to get maps in MAUI (Android)

[rmarinho]

These are the changes proposed of changes from Xamarin.Forms to Maui

• Remove Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps.Position and use Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Location
• Remove Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps.Geocoder and use Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Geocoding
• Change Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps.Position on Pin to Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Location
• Change Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps.Position on MapClickedEventArgs to Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Location
• Change Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps.Position Center on MapSpan to Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Location
• Change Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps.Position Geopath on Polyline to Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Location
• Change Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps.Position Geopath on Polygon to Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Location
• Remove or make internal Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps.GeographyUtils

For discussion is if Pin and Placemark have something to be shared or not.
Should the name of the properties like Postion on Pin should change to Location since the type changed?

[TFreudi1]

@davidortinau
@hartez
I got the sample from the cayas page to work now. It is missing _mapView.OnResume(); in the Android platform code. See
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70976168/how-to-display-google-maps-on-net-maui/72379499?noredirect=1#comment128848674_72379499

[TFreudi1]

@rmarinho I would change position to location on Pin, but this is my personal opinion. And also you will get a "thumbs up" for the other textual changes, that make more sense in my eyes. I know that some people that need to port from Xamarin will say ... Puh more things to change, more time ... , but for me, who have also have to port some solutions it is better to get an compiler error there and forces me to check if MAUI maybe have an easier solution for that code part.

[ryanaw83]

When is this planned to be released?

[rmarinho]

@ryanaw83 on .net7

[Rabosa616]

@rmarinho will be available for Android, iOS, Mac & Windows or only for mobile devices?

[danbridgellc]

All these Handler solutions do not address Windows - it just works for Android/iOS/Mac. Does anyone have a solution that includes Windows?

[bricelam]

For Windows support, please upvote microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml#3024 so they can prioritize appropriately.

[BillyMartin1964]

Current build displays and shows Location correctly, but has two major bugs:

When adding Map Pins, I get

System.MissingMethodException: 'Method not found: bool Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Location.op_Inequality(Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Location,Microsoft.Maui.Devices.Sensors.Location)'

When tracking user with polyline, I get this

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