Windows phone 8 emulator not showing maps

Question

I am trying to create a windows phone 8 application but the emulator does not show me the map. all I get is this.

as you can see no land mass is show and no roads are shown. I have panned around and come across nothing and the emulator location is set to an area where land should show.

If I run it on my device it works fine and the map loads.

Could this be due to a port blocking issue or something silly like that.

Cheers Mark

Answer 1

Maps are not supported on the Windows Phone 8 emulator.

Maps are now supported, and the original question is no longer valid.

Answer 2

The approved answer might not be 100% correct. Check out the following blog post, and you will notice, that your emulator probably doesn't have an access to the internet. http://michalstawarz.pl/2013/01/26/windows-phone-8-emulator-maps-display/

Answer 3

Windows Phone emulator supports Bing Map for sure.

It seems the Problem may be due to

1. Network Connectivity Issues with Host PC
2. Proxy Issues
3. Other Issues

Workaround for the above Issues.

If you see blank blue map screen as in http://michalstawarz.pl/2013/01/26/windows-phone-8-emulator-maps-display/ as Michael referred.

Then its good to go. Problem is Internet connectivity / proxy not configured.

If its is Network Connectivity, then troubleshoot your system network adapter. Problem may be due to limited network connectivity / PC not connected to internet.

If it is proxy then,

1. Get IP Address of "Internal Ethernet Port Windows Phone Emulator Internal Switch" using IPCONFIG in CMD prompt
2. Then Enter it under Exception List in IE's LAN Settings >> Advanced >> Exception

Other Issues may be due to Not Configured / improper IP configuration when adapter's IP setting changed manually.

If it is the case -- then Remove all virtual adapters using Virtual Switch Manager Menu in Hyper-V Manager and RUN Emulator with ADMIN Privileges.

Answer 4

If the answers from Micheal and Prakash doesn't solve your problem.Then try this-

1. Open regedit in the C:\Windows folder.

2. In Registry Editor open

   for 64 bit Windows-

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\MAIN \FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION and then create XDETools.exe with hex value 2328.

   for 64 bit Windows-

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\MAIN \FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION and then create XDETools.exe with hex value 2328.

Source-http://igrali.com/2012/07/30/windows-phone-location-tool-in-emulator-down-no-problem/