On GitHub [assembly: UsesPermission(Manifest.Permission.WriteExternalStorage)] is added on the assemblyinfo.cs of Xamarin.Forms.Maps.Android as seen here:
https://github.com/xamarin/Xamarin.Forms/blob/master/Xamarin.Forms.Maps.Android/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs#L22
Is this absolutely required for functionality? Is there a way I can override it in my app? I've tried downloading the source-code, commenting the permission out, and adding the libraries Xamarin.Forms.Maps.Android.dll and Xamarin.Forms.Maps.dll to my Android project, but I must be missing something as the APK still asks for external storage access.
Can anyone please advise me on this?
Thanks