Android Manifest Updated Incorrectly With Google Play Services Dependency

I am attempting to implement a Maps feature for a Xamarin.Forms app. However, my Android manifest file is causing issues due to auto-generated elements at build time. My original a

Solution 1:

Hi had to physically delete all the files from the following directories:

.Droid\obj\Debug

C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Xamarin

I then made sure I had the following:

<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />