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I’m working on a WP7 app that uses bing maps to display ~600 pushpins. When i add them to the map using map.Children.Add(pushpin) the UI freezes for ~200 ms. I’ve seen that in silverlight you can use Microsoft.Maps.EntityCollection to add pins to a map but unfortunately I couldn’t find how to use the assembly on WP7. Does anyone know a solution to this?
Maybe you’re looking at the problem the wrong way round. WP7 is a compact (though powerful) that excels at showing the user what they want to know quickly (when the apps are written properly).
The user can’t possibly see 600 pushpins in one go on a device that small, so why not just show them pushpins that are in the viewable area (or close to it) and add pushpins as the user pans around the map?
Alternatively you could “trickle” feed the pushpins by adding them one (or more) at a time using the
DispatcherTimerso that the user sees pushpins being gradually added without drastically affecting performance.Another possibility (which is what I usually do) is to add a
MapItemsControlwith the DataTemplate set to a Pushpin and to bind the collection to your collection of pushpin locations. If the binding is to anObservableCollectionyou can “trickle” feed it as mentioned above if perf is an issue.