Can ArcGIS for Windows Mobile have legend for displayed layers?

Question

Just finished building my first mobile map in ArcGIS mobile project center and opened it in ArcGIS for windows mobile but quickly realized there is no way to turn on a legend to show what the symbology represents?

Is there a way to display a legend?

Answer 1

If you're looking for a properly symbolized legend in ArcGIS for Windows Mobile, you will unfortunately have to write your own implementation using the LegendItem class to render the swatches.

As a start, you would do something similar to this...

size = new Size(25, 25);  
IList<LegendItem> legendList = layer.Renderer.GetLegendSwatches(YOUR_PANEL.BackColor, size.Width, size.Height);  
if (legendList != null)  
{  
  foreach (LegendItem legendSwatch in legendList)  
  { 
    PictureBox picture = new PictureBox();  
    picture.Size =  size;   
    picture.Image = legendSwatch.Image;  
    picture.Location = // .......
    YOUR_PANEL.Controls.Add(picture);  
  }  
}