Icons
Note
Bing Maps SDK for Android and iOS retirement
Bing Maps SDK for Android and iOS is deprecated and will be retired. Free (Basic) account customers can continue to use Bing Maps SDK for Android and iOS until June 30th, 2025. Enterprise account customers can continue to use Bing Maps SDK for Android and iOS until June 30th, 2028. To avoid service disruptions, all implementations using Bing Maps SDK for Android and iOS will need to be updated to use Azure Maps Web SDK by the retirement date that applies to your Bing Maps for Enterprise account type.
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.
Icons, sometimes known as Points of Interest (POI), Pushpins, or Markers, are the primary method in the Bing Maps native controls to add a graphical image and text at a location within the map.
Use MapIcon to add a point of interest on the map. You will also want to review how to anchor your icons to align the location pointed by the icon's image with the desired location on the map.
Icons also support a concept of flyouts. Flyouts are a type of lightweight menu that can show up when a user interacts with an icon. You can add your own user interface elements on top of a MapFlyout.
Display icons on the map
See some examples for How to display pushpins on the map.