Xamarin.Google.Android.Places (android 9) stop working after switch to d8/r8 and androidx migration.

I recently upgraded my xamarin android solution to android x along with (d8/r8) compiler/shrinker and now autocomplete is not working. The error is "Can't load search results. Try again". Can someone help me? Am I missing a linker of some sort?

 var intent = new Autocomplete.IntentBuilder(AutocompleteActivityMode.Overlay, places)
            .SetCountry("US")
            .SetLocationRestriction(locationBias)
            .Build(this);

        StartActivityForResult(intent, AutocompleteRequestCode);