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Apparently you need the:
<uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION”></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION”></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.INTERNET”></uses-permission>
in your manifest file. Wasted a day on that INTERNET one! I swear it was working yesterday without it, but today I was just getting a blank map grid.
Other gotchas about MapViews:

In the manifest file, those <uses-permissions> elements should come before your <application> element
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