# Codename One Adds a Pure-Vector MapView and Pluggable Native Map Providers

DevFeed: [Codename One Adds a Pure-Vector MapView and Pluggable Native Map Providers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/maps-you-control-a-pure-vector-mapview-and-pluggable-native-providers-19658.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codenameone.com/blog/vector-and-native-maps/>)

Author: Shai Almog

Published: 2026-06-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [CodeName One](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codename-one.md>)

Topics: [Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/framework.md>), [Google Maps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-maps.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [google-maps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google-maps.md>), [maps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maps.md>), [native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/native.md>), [vector](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vector.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes a Codename One mapping update that adds a pure-vector MapView and a NativeMap using platform map providers behind a shared API. The vector engine uses Mapbox Vector Tiles, existing drawing pipelines, pluggable tile sources, and MapLibre-subset JSON styling.

## Source excerpt

A pure-vector MapView rendered through Graphics plus a NativeMap whose provider is wired by a build hint, not code.