CrossGeolocator.Current.IsGeolocationEnabled returns false always - xamarin.forms

Question

my requirement is to get latitude and longitude from gps, it was working find until I updated the NuGet packages and android sdk. Even if location services are on still I can't access the location.
var locator = CrossGeolocator.Current;
if (locator.IsGeolocationEnabled)
{
locator.DesiredAccuracy = 15;
var position = await
locator.GetPositionAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(3000));
Latitude = position.Latitude;
Longitude = position.Longitude;
}
Here if statement returns always false.
My AndroidManifest looks like this..
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" package="com.companyname.ZameeliNew" android:installLocation="auto">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="21" android:targetSdkVersion="28" />
<application android:label="ZameeliNew.Android" android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" android:icon="#drawable/iconBase">
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY" android:value="AIzaSyBExspvDUbXly-g3YNQdUdnONRSEaHoiNw" />
<uses-library android:name="org.apache.http.legacy" android:required="false" />
</application>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
</manifest>

Answer 1

You are probably using outdated repo with xamarin forms > 4.0. This project was moved to Xamarin.Essentials. I strongly recommend to use this one.
Then in your code you can use for example
internal static async Task<Location> GetDeviceLocation()
{
try
{
var request = new GeolocationRequest(GeolocationAccuracy.Medium);
var location = await Geolocation.GetLocationAsync(request);
return location;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Helpers.ShowError("could not locate device: " + ex.Message, 6000);
}
return null;
}
Don't forget to initialize component first.
To check device exceptions:
try
{
var location = await Geolocation.GetLastKnownLocationAsync();
if (location != null)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Latitude: {location.Latitude}, Longitude: {location.Longitude}, Altitude: {location.Altitude}");
}
}
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
}