I am trying to emulate a route in an app but it doesn't show me the map on the Extended Controls Extended Controls image
Is there any configuration I've missed? Should I add a Google API Key somewhere?
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i have create a tracking project using maps from Google on android kotlin, and i want to create more that user can go to somewhere with navigation (so there's two point, a current location point and destination point). i want to implement turn by turn navigation sdk from mapbox? is it possible to do that? have you build it before?
ya turn by turn navigation is tricky.Map box should make it easier though u just have to implement there sdk in your project and they also have docs on how to use the Map box sdk. only downfall is you have to pay for it.
i would advise if you are creating a personal project try creating a location listener and update current position of the device on a google maps intent. you can then just create your own navigation app ( its abit of a longer way around it but you would have more control over the navigation and plus its free)
is there a possibility to have the map exactly like Google Maps Android app does ? I mean with the yellow roads etc. Using google maps api for android we have only hybrid, normal, satellite and no one looks like the app one. I tried the styling wizard, the one i need is the standard one from wizard, but nothing is generated as ROADMAP is the standard style.
You can style the Map View / Map Fragment to however you want
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-sdk/styling
Use the Map Style Wizard https://mapstyle.withgoogle.com/ to create a style that matches the one you are looking at and apply that to your codebase (using the instructions above)
In my app I need to be able to display google map as overlay up on other applications.
For doing so I am using service and window manager to show google map view as TYPE_SYSTEM_ALERT .
I am already able to the display the map twice inside the activity using 2 different google API clients with same valid API key.
I can't figure it out but for some reason when attaching the 'View' which contains 'SupportMapFragment' to 'WindowManager' the map wont display , only google logo at the bottom .
I was thinking maybe it has to do something with pixel format ?
Any suggestions ?
It has to do something with kind of views which window manager supporting , maybe window manager cannot display fragments ?
Is it possible to archive what am I trying to ?
There is no problem in the implementation so I don't past code here .
maybe window manager cannot display fragments ?
Correct. Use MapView directly. It may not work especially well in your case, as not everything is designed to go in an alert window, but it is the only chance that you have.
Also note that your app may have problems starting with Android O, as Google slowly starts to rein in apps that do these sorts of overlays.
I created a custom map using Google Maps that has highlighted features of the local waterways around my boat company. The map is set to be shared publicly and can be found here: https://www.google.com/maps/#28.1159901,-80.5874005,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!6m1!1sztQRD4WV85yk.kzRrtK6ZMD3E
My question is can I embed this map on an app that I am developing through Como Mobile App Creator? The app already has a map page powered by Google maps but it just shows the location of the company on a standard Google map; I want to embed the custom map I created so that it shows up in the app.
The Como App Maker also features a custom page wherein you can add source code, and I got the source code from Google maps and tried to add it in there but the custom page just shows up blank in the app. Here is the source code I used: iframe src="https://mapsengine.google.com/map/u/0/embed?mid=ztQRD4WV85yk.kzRrtK6ZMD3E"width="640" height="480"
How do I embed my custom map on the app I am making?
One reason I can see is: mapsengine is deprecated and new mapsengine projects are not accepted anymore.
Potential solution steps:
1) Use My Maps instead of Maps Engine.
2) Create custom map by importing your map layer there.
3) Save that map and go to share. Make it public (pick & choose view only or can edit).
4) Click on options (drop down) menu on the right of where "Add Layer" and "Share" are and choose "Embed on my site". You will be provided with an iframe.
This will embed that custom map you just created in your app.
Few things to keep in mind:
My Maps are ideal only for
1) Less than 2500 map views per day.
2) The data in the map does not change very frequently.
3) However, the embedded map will reflect the changes (if any) made (by you or people who has edit permissions) to the map in My Maps.
EDIT:
I'm sorry I did not check the URL before. So I went to it now and loaded it in My Maps. I got this iframe. See snippet.
<iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=ztQRD4WV85yk.kzRrtK6ZMD3E&hl=en" width="640" height="480"></iframe>
But I would still encourage to make it in My Maps if this one was made in mapsengine so it is still there after mapsengine is stopped altogether in January 2016 (see Deprecation notice here).
Hope this helped.
How can we display google maps as part of android app ? I want to display google maps sharing screenspace with other elements like textbox and labels etc.Dont want maps to take up whole screen space.
You can create a Fragment inside of your Activity and inflate Google Maps into the Fragment programmatically.
Follow the link here to learn about working with Fragments:
Building a Dynamic UI with Fragments