Display compass - ArcGIS Runtime SDK - Xamarin.Forms

Question

I am using the 1st release of the ArcGIS Runtime SDK for .Net - Xamarin.Forms (nuget package here).

One of the requirements is to display a compass that indicates the north. I haven't found any build-in feature for the moment. Is someone can point me out how to implement this functionality ?

Answer 1

So after few research, I've implemented a custom solution:

• Find a compass icon that can rotate (see this article to add image resource to Xamarin.Form)

• Add the image on top of the map:

  <Image x:Name="NorthArrow" />
  

• Rotate the image when the view point changed:

  MapView.ViewpointChanged += (sender, args) =>
  {
      NorthArrow.Rotation = -MapView.MapRotation;
  };
  

Complete solution here.