Google Maps in Xamarin for Android fails to center on location - google-maps

Question

var _locator = CrossGeolocator.Current;
var mapPosition = await _locator.GetPositionAsync();
var mapSpan = MapSpan.FromCenterAndRadius(
new Xamarin.Forms.Maps.Position(mapPosition.Latitude, mapPosition.Longitude),
Distance.FromMiles(2)
);
Map.MoveToRegion(mapSpan);
Using Xamarin.Forms.Maps.Postion() the correct lat and lon coordinates are calculated.
However, when I add it to MapSpan, the coordinates change to somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. Not sure what is causing this?
UPDATE:
So the problem is definitely in the Android project. For some reason, GoogleMaps is not recognizing the location passed by the Map Renderer in the shared project. OnMapReady is just using the default lat/lon.
SUCCESS!!!
async Task<Plugin.Geolocator.Abstractions.Position> GetPositionAsync()
{
var _locator = CrossGeolocator.Current;
Plugin.Geolocator.Abstractions.Position myPosition = await _locator.GetPositionAsync();
return myPosition;
}
public void OnMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap)
{
Plugin.Geolocator.Abstractions.Position myPosition = Task.Run(GetPositionAsync).Result;
map = googleMap;
map.MoveCamera(
CameraUpdateFactory.NewLatLng(
new LatLng(myPosition.Latitude, myPosition.Longitude)));
map.AnimateCamera(
CameraUpdateFactory.ZoomTo(10));

Answer 1

The MapSpan properties LatitudeDegree and LongitudeDegrees refer to the degrees of latitude and longitude that are spanned (i.e. the number of degrees of the map that are shown within its view.)
If you are looking for the lat/lng of the center of the map in your span, refer to the Center properties which is a Maps.Postion object.
Re: https://developer.xamarin.com/api/type/Xamarin.Forms.Maps.MapSpan/
Example:
var mapPosition = new Position(38.29, -77.45);
var mapSpan = MapSpan.FromCenterAndRadius(mapPosition, Distance.FromMiles(2));
map.MoveToRegion(mapSpan);