Bind to Xamarin.Forms.Maps.Map from ViewModel

Question

I\'m working on a Xamarin.Forms app using a page that displays a map. The XAML is:

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Answer 1

If you don't want to break the MVVM pattern and still be able to access your Map object from the ViewModel then you can expose the Map instance with a property from your ViewModel and bind to it from your View.

Your code should be structured like described here below.

The ViewModel:

using Xamarin.Forms.Maps;

namespace YourApp.ViewModels
{
    public class MapViewModel
    {
        public MapViewModel()
        {
            Map = new Map();
        }

        public Map Map { get; private set; }
    }
}

The View (in this example I'm using a ContentPage but you can use whatever you like):

I didn't show how, but the above code snipped can only work when the ViewModel is the BindingContext of your view.