Xamarin forms, how can I get the long, lat for a adress?

Question

I have an entry (named adressEntry) where you write an adress. My question is how do I turn that adress into a long, lat? This is my code so far, but the GetAdressesForPositionAsync does not let me enter the variable.

        var theEnteredAdress = adressEntry.Text;

        Geocoder gc = new Geocoder ();
        Task<IEnumerable<Position>> result =
        gc.GetAddressesForPositionAsync (theEnteredAdress); //cannot enter the variable value here. Cannot convert string expression to type: Xamarin.Forms.Maps.Position

        System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine (theEnteredAdress);

Answer 1

If you have an address and you want to get a position (for the address), you should be using Geocoder.GetPositionsForAddressAsync, not Geocoder.GetAddressesForPositionAsync.

var theEnteredAdress = adressEntry.Text;

Geocoder gc = new Geocoder();
IEnumerable<Position> result =
    await gc.GetPositionsForAddressAsync(theEnteredAdress);

foreach (Position pos in result)
{
    System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Lat: {0}, Lng: {1}", pos.Latitude, pos.Longitude);
}