showUserLocation is not working despite putting in the run time location permission

[elkee2003]

Summary

User location isn't showing despite the fact I followed the instructions- I believe

Reproducible sample code

import { View, Text } from 'react-native'
import React from 'react'
import MapView, {PROVIDER_GOOGLE} from 'react-native-maps'
import MapViewDirections from 'react-native-maps-directions';

const origin = {latitude: 37.3318456, longitude: -122.0296002};
const destination = {latitude: 37.771707, longitude: -122.4053769};
const GOOGLE_MAPS_APIKEY = 'xxxxxxxxxxaF_F1ZjW_ZS7GD_pj';

const HomeScreen = () => {
  return (
    <View>
      <MapView
        style={{height:'100%', width:'100%'}}
        provider={PROVIDER_GOOGLE}
        showsUserLocation={true}
        initialRegion={{
          latitude: 28.450627,
          longitude: -16.263045,
          latitudeDelta: 0.015,
          longitudeDelta: 0.0121,
        }}
       >
        <MapViewDirections
            origin={origin}
            destination={destination}
            apikey={GOOGLE_MAPS_APIKEY}
        />
      </MapView>
    </View>
  )
}

export default HomeScreen;

Steps to reproduce

I imported MapView
I deisplayed my map with longitude , latitude etc
I went to android, app, src, main, andriodmanifest.xml and added:


I came back to my file and added showuserlocation = {true} in my code where i imported mapview.

Despite all these, it didn't show.

Expected result

For User location to be shown

Actual result

it's not showing the userlocation on my map
You can see it's not showing the user location:

Here I add the permissions:

Here I accessed the showUserLocation to be true:

React Native Maps Version

1.7.1

What platforms are you seeing the problem on?

Android

React Native Version

0.73.9

What version of Expo are you using?

Not using Expo

Device(s)

Tecno Camon 19

Additional information

No response

[stjasink]

Try adding in a call to actually request the permission from the user before rendering the map, e.g.:

  request(PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION).then(result => {
     console.log('Got permission: ' + result);
  });

[elkee2003]

Thank you