Xamarin.Essentials "The current Activity can not be detected. Ensure that you have called Init in your Activity or Application class."

Question

My application gives an error:

The current Activity can not be detected. Ensure that you have called Init in your Activity or Application class.

I use the emulator Genymotion. GPS enabled

public async Task btnAdd_Click()
    {
        try
        {
            var request = new GeolocationRequest(GeolocationAccuracy.Medium);
            var location = await Geolocation.GetLocationAsync(request);

            if (location != null)
            {
                string note = "GPS: Latitude-" + location.Latitude + " Longitude-" + location.Longitude;
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            // Unable to get location
        }
    }

Answer 1

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    protected async override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        base.OnCreate(savedInstanceState);
        Xamarin.Essentials.Platform.Init(this, savedInstanceState);

        // Set our view from the "main" layout resource
        SetContentView(Resource.Layout.activity_main);

        txtnumber = FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.textView1);
        txtnumber.Text ="Initializing";



        try
        {

            var request = new GeolocationRequest(GeolocationAccuracy.Medium, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
            var location = await Geolocation.GetLocationAsync(request);
            txtnumber.Text = "finish read geolocation";


            if (location != null)
            {
                txtnumber.Text = "GPS: Latitude-" + location.Latitude + " Longitude-" + location.Longitude;
            }
        }
        catch (FeatureNotSupportedException fnsEx)
        {
            // Handle not supported on device exception
        }
        catch (FeatureNotEnabledException fneEx)
        {
            // Handle not enabled on device exception
        }
        catch (PermissionException pEx)
        {
            // Handle permission exception
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            // Unable to get location
            txtnumber.Text = ex.Message.ToString();
        }

    }

Answer 2

Like the error states, did you add this line:

Xamarin.Essentials.Platform.Init(this, bundle);

In your MainActivity.cs in the OnCreate method?

Answer 3

First you need init Xamarin Essentials in OnCreate function from MainActivity.cs

protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    ...

    Xamarin.Essentials.Platform.Init(this, savedInstanceState);

    ...
}

Then overide the function should work

public override void OnRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, string[] permissions, [GeneratedEnum] Permission[] grantResults)
{
    Xamarin.Essentials.Platform.OnRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
    base.OnRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
}