Problem with Xamarin Essentials' Location

Question

Hi,

In the below project, I am not able to get the location details, and lat and long shows zero.

https://www.jassimrahma.net/temp/LocationApp.zip

Kindly advice..

Thanks,
Jassim

Answer 1

Hello,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

I found you didn't set the AndroidManifest.xml correctly.

We should add the following inside of the manifest node:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />  
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />  
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location" android:required="false" />  
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location.gps" android:required="false" />  
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location.network" android:required="false" />  

For the code behind , you can refer to the following code :

   public partial class MainPage : ContentPage  
{  
    bool isGettingLocation;  

    public MainPage()  
    {  
        InitializeComponent();  
    }  

    async void Button_Clicked(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)  
    {  
        isGettingLocation = true;  

        while (isGettingLocation)  
        {  
            var result = await Geolocation.GetLocationAsync(new GeolocationRequest(GeolocationAccuracy.Default, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1)));  

            resultLocation.Text += $"lat: {result.Latitude}, lng: {result.Longitude}{Environment.NewLine}";  

            await Task.Delay(1000);  
        }  
    }  

    void Button1_Clicked(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)  
    {  
        isGettingLocation = false;  
    }  
}  

Refer: Finding Your Way with the Xamarin.Essentials Geolocation API.

And you can find the Sample code here: https://github.com/jfversluis/XFEGeolocationSample .

Best Regards,

Jessie Zhang

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