I have been trying for days to simply open up Google Maps and have it animate to my location. I have searched Google and StackOverFlow and tried countless things but I am still not able to accomplish what seems like a simple task. Can someone point me in the right direction for a tutorial that works or offer any guidance?
There are 2 ways:
Get your current location using Local-Base service. Then draw to the map
Try this map option:
mMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
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did anyone find a way to draw polyline over google traffic info on android v2 maps?
I have found this issue
https://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=4780
no one seems to take care of it...
I wonder if there is some kind of work around for this problem
Thanks
Can i get direction between 2 points with using Google Maps v2 in my Android application ?
I found Polyline but i don't want to draw a line between 2 points.
I found a solution which is using Intent. It can solve this problem but it is not useful because this solution is starting another map application and I want to show direction in my application. Can i do this ?
You cannot get directions using just the Google Maps V2 api. You should use the Google Directions API direction request call. This will return the raw direction data in json which would allow you to draw a Polyline for the directions on the map or show the data in any format you would like.
There isn't any method to do it because it envolves several computing that must be done in Google Maps servers (and they don't allow you to do so many without paying if you hold a business).
So, the only way is making a petition to google maps servers as they describe in the Google Maps Api documentation that #Bobbake4 linked. Then, you'll receive several coordinates that you'll use to draw a polyline which represents your route.
Hopefully, someone has already coded everything and shared gently with us here https://stackoverflow.com/a/15643705/1516973
That's absolutely the best answer covering Android Google Maps routing that I've found in Stack Overflow, so thanks to #Akexorcist and #emil-adz for it.
Over the past few days, I am trying to find a step - by - step tutorial to implement google places with the updated version of google maps (in eclipse for Android) with no success.
In the old tutorials I find , the map doesn't appear, because it is not updated in the v2.
Can anyone suggest a way to proceed? I feel lost with all the scattered information I get, and I don't have the experience to change the old examples by myself.
I want to make a simple app, that finds my current location and displays the cafes and restaurants, within 3Km distance. At this point I have tha map showing my location, and I need a tutorial to guide me into implementing Google Places from scratch.
Please help!
I'm actually making an app quite similar to yours! I haven't updated to v2 yet but from what I can tell, the only major difference in implementation is the use of a MapFragment as opposed to a MapActivity.
So you have the map up, yes? Then you should be able to make calls to Google Places the same way you did with the v1 Maps (since they're separate components and don't depend on each other). If Places is what's giving you trouble, I suggest following this tutorial: http://ddewaele.blogspot.com/2011/05/introducing-google-places-api.html. It's pretty good and only needs a couple of tweaks to get things up and running.
If you're still having trouble, post back and I might be able to help you out with some code.
i found this post helpful,i hope you will find it too,
http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/android/android-sdk-working-with-google-maps-map-setup/
I built my application using Google Maps and it is using:
-BalloonItemizedOverlay
-BalloonOverlayView
-ItemizedOverlay
and what it does:
-Displays multiple points on map, each one clickable and balloon appears with relative text + description.
-Displays and updates the marker/point of user's position.
The only reason I want to switch to Open Street Map is because I would like to use the feature "caching map tiles" (presaving maps) which as far as I have looked it up is not allowed with Google Maps.
Can someone help me convert my application thoroughly to use OSMdroid instead of GoogleMaps? Providing me with some guides (very few support for OSMdroid at the moment...)
I have already looked up a lot of codes but they mostly differ in comparison with Google Maps and I can't seem to get it all right. I have managed to display user's location on the map but adding BalloonItemizedOverlays and so on is a hassle.
Anyway just help me out in any way you can - proposals on how to do it, sites with guides, anything :)
Thanks
http://code.google.com/p/osmbonuspack/wiki/Tutorial_1
http://code.google.com/p/osmbonuspack/wiki/Tutorial_2
I think these two tutorials should get you started with Balloons and Customized Balloons
Itemized overlay with osmdroid is quite easy to use, you should give it a try and you will get the feel of it once you try it our.
I want to find the path between two locations on Google Maps which I have clicked.
So when I click anywhere on the map I want to get the latitude & longitude.
How can I do that?
I don't know how much research you have done but there are tons of simple to follow tutorials to do what you are asking about. I'm sure you have a specific goal you are trying to accomplish but you should take a look at this open source project I came across when I googled android gps services
http://code.google.com/p/gpslogger/
take a look through the source code in that project and I guarantee you will see how to do exactly what your asking.
I'm pretty sure you would use the android.location services so you could also google how to use those. But in order to see them in use you definitely should check out that link I posted above.