GetGeopositionAsync does not return

Question

In my Windows Phone 8 app, I am trying to use GetGeopositionAsync on the main page to display some items based on user location.

Calling GetGeopositionAsync does not

Answer 1

I had some of the same issues above. When I hooked up to the geolocator.StatusChanged event, I noticed that sequence of events was:

1. StatusChanged -> Initializing
2. My await call
3. StatusChanged -> Ready

So I added a loop before my await call:

  while (geolocator.LocationStatus == PositionStatus.Initializing)
  {
      System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100);
  }

This is inelegant, but did work.