How To Use Google Maps In Xamarin Forms

To achieve that will use the xamarin essentials geolocation api.
How to use google maps in xamarin forms. Copy the full code behind class here. If this package had been installed previously click update. Forcing to open google maps by default on ios. Namespace xamgooglemapsapp public class mapspage. On the next page you will find a list of apis.
Var openlocation new button text open location using built in maps app. What i want to achieve here is to also have google maps for ios since the main map that we are using is google maps. You can check the full source code here. Notice that the following dependency packages are also installed. To open a uri could use the class device.
For that we have to go to this page. Then create a new project here and name it googlemapusingxamarinforms. You can show the google maps using the requesttileuri event of imagerylayer. Select xamarin googleplayservices maps and click install. Openuri of xamarin forms but we also have to validate if we can open that uri so it s better using launch from xamarin.
Click on google maps android api. Contentpage public mapspage var l new label text these buttons leave the current app and open the built in maps app for the platform. Xamarin forms maps renders its native maps based on the os used by the device e g. According to the google s documentation to open google m aps on ios you have to use the url scheme comgooglemaps. This article describes how to use google maps api to show google maps using imagerylayer of the sfmaps control.
Click enable api and services. Google maps for android and mapkit for ios which makes it easier for the android to have google maps of course. To determine if it s there we are going to check for it using xamarin essentials. First install the xamarin essentials nuget into all your projects first. Click browse and enter xamarin google play services maps in the search field.