Using directions with Bing Maps directions task

We got acquainted with Launchers in our previous topic. Let us now look at BingMapsDirectionsTask, and use it to provide driving directions from within our application:

1. 1. Create a copy of our HelloMaps-Pushpin project and rename it HelloMaps-Directions.

2. 2. Open your MainPage.xaml.cs file and import the Microsoft.Phone.Tasks namespace into your project.

   using Microsoft.Phone.Tasks;
   

3. 3. Assuming the maps center as Redmond, we want to show driving directions to the nearby Mercer Island as depicted in the following screenshot:

4. 4. We begin by defining a variable myDrivingDirection of type BingMapsDirectionsTask as:

   BingMapsDirectionsTask myDrivingDirection;
   

5. 5. In our MainPage() constructor, we define the start and end points of our route. The start being some location near Redmond and end being Mercer Island.

   // Show driving directions to Mercer Island
   // Use "null" as the starting location to use your current
   // location as the starting point.
   myDrivingDirection...