Xamarin Forms - Map CustomImagePin with text label right below - xamarin

Hi StackOverflow Community.
I am struggling to add a text label along with a custom image pin in Xamarin forms custom map project.
Currently, i followed up the official Xamarin forms the documentation of how to implement custom pins on the map.
But want to extend a little more this functionality as showing also a label right below the pin is Critical for the application.
I wasn't lucky to find any custom solution for this
Could you please assist?
Below you can find the website solution I am using with google maps. Something like that needs to be created also for the Xamarin app

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