I am using react-native-maps (version 1.20.1) in my React Native project, and I am facing an issue where markers and the user location (blue dot) are not displaying consistently.

The first time I load the app (after clearing the Expo cache with npx expo start -c), everything works fine, but on subsequent reloads or when I navigate back to the map screen, the markers and user location disappear. Occasionally, they appear randomly but are not consistent.

At first i tried to debug using the logs

useEffect(() => {
  if (markers) {
    console.log("Markers loaded ", markers);
  }
}, [markers]);

in the terminal is said the Markers Loaded and with markers info but nothing was shown in the Map Page.

Then I thought the issue was with the AsyncStorage, so thought to clear it.

const clearStorage = async () => {
    try {
      await AsyncStorage.clear();
      console.log('AsyncStorage cleared!');
    } catch (error) {
      console.error('Failed to clear AsyncStorage:', error);
    }
  };

  // Clear AsyncStorage when the app loads
  useEffect(() => {
    clearStorage();
  }, []);

still did not work as expected.