public override void onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap) { mMap = googleMap; try { if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) { ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new string[] { Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION }, 101); } } catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine(e.ToString()); Console.Write(e.StackTrace); } mMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true); StringBuilder sbValue = new StringBuilder(sbMethod()); PlacesTask placesTask = new PlacesTask(this); placesTask.execute(sbValue.ToString()); //fix to use phone location and not artificial data LocationManager lm = (LocationManager)getSystemService((LOCATION_SERVICE)); Location location = lm.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER); double longitude = location.getLongitude(); double latitude = location.getLatitude(); LatLng current_loc = new LatLng(latitude, longitude); mMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(current_loc, 18.0f)); //mMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(current_loc)); }