How To Use Google Maps In Xamarin Forms
Namespace xamgooglemapsapp public class mapspage.
How to use google maps in xamarin forms. Click browse and enter xamarin google play services maps in the search field. You can show the google maps using the requesttileuri event of imagerylayer. Then create a new project here and name it googlemapusingxamarinforms. According to the google s documentation to open google m aps on ios you have to use the url scheme comgooglemaps. First install the xamarin essentials nuget into all your projects first.
Subscribe the requesttileuri event of imagerylayer as demonstrated in the following code example. This article describes how to use google maps api to show google maps using imagerylayer of the sfmaps control. 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 enable api and services. Will keep publishing more content related to using google maps in xamarin forms how to add a css to style map handling a re routing logic etc so keep in touch.
For that we have to go to this page. Here s how to force the use of google maps in xamarin forms. Var openlocation new button text open location using built in maps app. To determine if it s there we are going to check for it using xamarin essentials. To open a uri could use the class device.
Select xamarin googleplayservices maps and click install. You can check the full source code here. Copy the full code behind class here. Forcing to open google maps by default on ios. Google maps for android and mapkit for ios which makes it easier for the android to have google maps of course.
To achieve that will use the xamarin essentials geolocation api. When google maps is installed it tells the os that it s there and it can be called. 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. Xamarin forms maps renders its native maps based on the os used by the device e g. On the next page you will find a list of apis.