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Android Google Maps V2 - MapView in XML
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<com.google.android.gms.maps.MapView android:id="@+id/mapview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
</LinearLayout>
public class SomeFragment extends Fragment {
MapView mapView;
GoogleMap map;
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.some_layout, container, false);
// Gets the MapView from the XML layout and creates it
mapView = (MapView) v.findViewById(R.id.mapview);
mapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Gets to GoogleMap from the MapView and does initialization stuff
map = mapView.getMap();
map.getUiSettings().setMyLocationButtonEnabled(false);
map.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
// Needs to call MapsInitializer before doing any CameraUpdateFactory calls
try {
MapsInitializer.initialize(this.getActivity());
} catch (GooglePlayServicesNotAvailableException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
// Updates the location and zoom of the MapView
CameraUpdate cameraUpdate = CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(new LatLng(43.1, -87.9), 10);
map.animateCamera(cameraUpdate);
return v;
}
@Override
public void onResume() {
mapView.onResume();
super.onResume();
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
mapView.onDestroy();
}
@Override
public void onLowMemory() {
super.onLowMemory();
mapView.onLowMemory();
}
}
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="15" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-feature
android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
android:required="true"/>
<permission
android:name="com.example.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
android:protectionLevel="signature"/>
<uses-permission android:name="com.example.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"/>
<application
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
android:value="your_key"/>
<activity
android:name=".HomeActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
@repl-krishna-g
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Used the exact code inside Dialog. But not showing the map

@bouchtaoui-dev
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I wasted a whole day, just because I didn't add onResume() :( This is crazy, but thnx to the owner of this gist, may Allah bless you.

@sankar07
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Getting inflating error
android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #37: Binary XML file line #37: Error inflating class com.google.android.gms.maps.MapView

@ravirajjak
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Have you tried for Marshmallow? I am getting error EGL BAD DISPLAY.

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ghost commented Nov 7, 2016

Thanks man. Instead of searching the location by lat long I want to search it by Name of place or institutions,How can I do it?Please help

@prasad-mattaparthi
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Thankyou its very usefull...

@TitikshaDaga
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How have you used this fragment? My MainActivity extends FlutterActivity so how should I proceed?

@yamenr
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yamenr commented Mar 15, 2018

When adding MapView to my XML I get the following error:

could not find dependency "com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:11.8.0"

What to do?

@gryphon2411
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gryphon2411 commented Jun 10, 2018

Thank you very much for this code.

Further code about MapView can be found at Google Maps Android Samples RawMapViewDemoActivity sample, and Maps SDK for Android Map Objects MapView guide.

After combining this gist code with the above mentioned links, I found it to work.

@raanaYavari
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Thank you for this code.
How can I find current location with mapview?

@mohkhz2001
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very useful thank you

@EngNazarHussain
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how to get api key from google

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