Android Google Maps V2 - MapView in XML

some_layout.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>

SomeFragment.java

 
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();
	}
 
}

SomeManifest.xml

<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>

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.

Thank you for this code.
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