User Interface Gestures and Controls

Note

Bing Maps SDK for Android and iOS retirement

Bing Maps SDK for Android and iOS is deprecated and has been retired for all free (Basic) account customers. Enterprise account customers can continue to use Bing Maps SDK for Android and iOS until June 30th, 2028. To avoid service disruptions, all enterprise account customers using Bing Maps SDK for Android and iOS will need to be updated to use Azure Maps Web SDK by June 30th, 2028.

Azure Maps is Microsoft's next-generation maps and geospatial services for developers. Azure Maps has many of the same features as Bing Maps for Enterprise, and more. To get started with Azure Maps, create a free Azure subscription and an Azure Maps account. For more information about azure Maps, see Azure Maps Documentation. For migration guidance, see Bing Maps Migration Overview.

By default, the map shows a toolbar with controls that the user can use to navigate the map. These controls are compass, zoom and tilt.

Our map engine also supports multiple gestures to navigate, such as pan, rotate, tilt, and zoom.

In some scenarios, it may be desirable to enable / disable these controls and/or gestures.

Examples

Disable Zoom Controls and Gestures

Android

MapUserInterfaceOptions uiOptions = mMap.getUserInterfaceOptions();
uiOptions.setZoomButtonsVisible(false);
uiOptions.setZoomGestureEnabled(false);

Swift

let uiOptions = self.mapView.userInterfaceOptions
uiOptions.zoomButtonsVisible = false
uiOptions.zoomGestureEnabled = false

Objective-C

MSMapUserInterfaceOptions *uiOptions = self.mapView.userInterfaceOptions;
uiOptions.zoomButtonsVisible = NO;
uiOptions.zoomGestureEnabled = NO;