How to get current location or move to current location in Xamarin.Forms.Map

Question

Since the Map already shows the user location (with IsShowingUser) I just want to zoom to this location. Is this easily possible or do I need to get the location on every platform, since I don't find any GeoLocation object. Only the GeoCoder... Is this not a common usecase to zoom to users position?

Answer 1

You will need to call MoveToRegion method with the position you are interested in.

You can use Geolocator Plugin for Xamarin to get the location in PCL project:

var locator = CrossGeolocator.Current; var position = await locator.GetPositionAsync(10000); map.MoveToRegion(MapSpan.FromCenterAndRadius(new Position(position.Latitude, position. Longitude),                                               Distance.FromMiles(1))); 

Updated: Xamarin Forms now includes by default Xamarin.Essentials: Geolocation