CarPlay Dashboard: live @rnmapbox/maps view stays blank, but navigation UI and static snapshot work

[Valwars]

Hi,

I’m seeing a specific issue on iOS with CarPlay Dashboard support.

On the normal CarPlay navigation screen, everything works correctly. But when CarPlay switches to Dashboard/minimized mode, the map itself stays blank.

What still works in Dashboard:

• next maneuver / next step
• ETA / travel estimates
• navigation state / route data
• custom React UI overlays

So navigation is still running, only the live map view is missing.

I’m using a dedicated Dashboard React component via CarPlayDashboard.setComponent(...).

I first thought this was a camera or layout issue, so I added diagnostics and adjusted the dashboard sizing/padding logic. That did not fix it.

The important part is this:

a static Mapbox snapshot rendered in the same Dashboard tile works fine
but the live @rnmapbox/maps MapView still stays blank

So it currently looks like:

• Dashboard scene is mounted correctly
• React rendering works
• route/user data are present
• static Mapbox snapshot works
• only the live Mapbox view does not render in Dashboard

Versions:

@iternio/react-native-auto-play: 0.3.5
@rnmapbox/maps: ^10.3.0
react-native: 0.83.4
react: ^19.2.4
expo: ~55.0.11

Has anyone else seen this? Is live @rnmapbox/maps expected to work in the CarPlay Dashboard scene, or is this a known limitation?

Thanks

[LukasB-DEV]

After reading your post, I had a look at it myself for my app. I’m experiencing exactly the same thing. I’ll try to look into it in more detail over the next few days.

[g4rb4g3]

I faced the same issue a while back but did not look into it yet. It is related to the RNMapboxMapsVersion, 11.16.6 seems to be the latest one that works fine on the dashboard.