Game Center Completion Banner not showing in iOS Simulator - ios

I'm trying to integrate Game Center into my iOS app. However, the achievement completion banner doesn't appear even if I set the ShowsCompletionBanner flag to true. I've been testing my app through iOS Simulator with iOS 14.
I'm using the following code (Xamarin.iOS):
var achievement = new GKAchievement("sample.achievement")
{
PercentComplete = 100,
ShowsCompletionBanner = true
};
achievement.ReportAchievement(null);
I can confirm that the ReportAchievement has succeeded since the achievement has been unlocked in the achievements view (GKGameCenterViewControllerState.achievements)
Added info: The completion banner appears when I put a breakpoint at the achievement.ReportAchievement(null) line. Also tried using achievement.ReportAchievementAsync() but I'm still encountering the same behavior.
Thanks in advance!

Try using static ReportAchievements instead of instance method being used.
You can see that in the Apple developer document https://developer.apple.com/documentation/gamekit/gkachievement?language=objc
But we also want info in where the API is being called from as there still may be an issue with async and timing.
Might be worth using a completion handler with the synchronous method which may reveal an error.

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