Google maps only a grey background as APK

Question

I develop locally with android-studio and a Galaxy S3 android phone connected via USB.

On my local development environment, when I fire up the run configuration to d

Answer 1

Step 1: Follow the instructions from here:

http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/platform_features/maps_and_location/maps/obtaining_a_google_maps_api_key/

Step 2: Then from your Android Studio, follow the steps described here:

https://www.udacity.com/wiki/ud853/course_resources/creating-a-signed-apk

I faced a similar problem and had it solved by doing the above.