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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>
@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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