Adding MapControl in xaml results in a “Catastropic failure”

Question

I am creating an universal application using Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 Version 12.0.30501.00 Update 2. I am getting Catastrophic failure on adding Map Control in my xaml l

Answer 1

I've tested your example and indeed there is such a problem also on my Phone.

As I have checked it is possible to set Collapsed from code - so as a workaround:

In the code behind:

public MainPage()
{
    this.InitializeComponent();
    this.Loaded += (sender, e) => myMap.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
}