How to display maps and directions in the built-in Maps app (XAML)

Call the bingmaps: Uri scheme from your Windows Phone Store app when you simply want to display a map or directions in the built-in Maps app. The bingmaps: Uri scheme for Windows Phone Store apps provides a rich subset of the functionality of the maps: Uri scheme for Windows Store apps, which launches the built-in Windows Store Maps app on Windows Runtime devices.

The bingmaps: Uri scheme replaces the MapsTask and the MapsDirectionsTask from Windows Phone 8.

For detailed info about the parameters used in the Uri, see URI scheme for Maps app.

Typically you call the LaunchUriAsync method to launch another app by using a Uri scheme such as bingmaps:. For more info about calling a Uri to launch another app, see How to launch the default app for a URI.

Important  The methods described in this topic take the user to another app. The user has to go back to your app manually after using the built-in Maps app.

Launching the built-in Maps app from your app

The following simple example launches the built-in Maps app and displays a map centered over New York City with a zoom level of 10.

For more info about launching an app by using a Uri scheme, see How to launch the default app for a URI.

// The URI to launch
string uriToLaunch = @"bingmaps:?cp=40.726966~-74.006076&lvl=10";
var uri = new Uri(uriToLaunch);

// Launch the URI
var success = await Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(uri);
if (success)
{
    // URI launched
}
    else
{
    // URI launch failed
}

Displaying known locations

Displaying search results

Displaying driving directions and traffic

Unsupported options

The following examples are not supported in Windows Phone Store apps.

Related topics

How to get locations and addresses

How to get routes and directions

How to display maps in the Map control