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Setting a location in Map View

I'm using a map view and what I want is to mark all the ex. starbucks that near me.
but I don't have any idea how to do this.
Right now all I can do is to view my current location.

Use ItemizedOverlay to display multiple markers in android, to understand how itemized overlay works, and what it is refer following links, and tutorials:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/reference/com/google/android/maps/ItemizedOverlay
http://android-coding.blogspot.in/2011/06/using-itemizedoverlay-to-add-marker-on.html
https://github.com/commonsguy/cw-advandroid/tree/master/Maps/ILuvNooYawk/

Try this
public class MyMap extends MapActivity{
MapView mapView;
MapController mapController;
/* positon */
double latitude = Your latitude;
double longitude = Your longitude;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.YourLayout);
mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapview);
mapView.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
mapView.setSatellite(true);
mapController = mapView.getController();
mapController.setZoom(8);
GeoPoint pointRabat = new GeoPoint(microDegres(latitude),
microDegres(longitude));
mapController.setCenter(pointRabat);
}
private int microDegres(double value) {
return (int) (value * 1000000);
}
#Override
protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() {
return false;
}
}
for add overlay
public void onLocationChanged(Location loc) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
GeoPoint pointRabat = new GeoPoint(microDegres(latitude),
microDegres(longitude));
OverlayItem overlayitem = new OverlayItem(point, "My Current Location", "My Current Location");
overlay.addOverlay(overlayitem);
mapOverlays.add(overlay);
}

How to add map markers stored in SQLite? - Android

I have latitude and longitude coordinates stored in an sqlite database. I am trying to retrieve these via cursor and place them all on a map. I'm trying my best, but I am new to developing and need a little help. Here's what I have so far:
public class allmapactivity extends MapActivity {
MapController mControl;
GeoPoint GeoP;
MapView mapV;
private SQLiteAdapter mySQLiteAdapter;
Cursor cursor;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.map);
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
mapV = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapview);
mapV.displayZoomControls(true);
mapV.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
mapV.setSatellite(false);
List<Overlay> mapOverlays = mapV.getOverlays();
Drawable drawable = this.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.pin);
HelloItemizedOverlay itemizedoverlay = new HelloItemizedOverlay(drawable, this);
cursor = mySQLiteAdapter.queueAll5();
GeoPoint point = new GeoPoint((int) (Double.valueOf(SQLiteAdapter.KEY_CONTENT11) *1E6),(int) (Double.valueOf(SQLiteAdapter.KEY_CONTENT12) *1E6));
OverlayItem overlayitem = new OverlayItem(point, "Test", "Test");
itemizedoverlay.addOverlay(overlayitem);
mapOverlays.add(itemizedoverlay);
}
#Override
protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return false;
}
}
All of this code works when I enter static numbers for my geopoint, except when I try to add data from my cursor it force closes. Any help would be great!!

It is difficult to tell what is going wrong as the code you provided doesn't take data from the cursor.
Generally speaking you should always call the code below before reading from any cursor.
cursor.moveToFirst();
This is because it is not guaranteed to be pointing to a row that is NOT NULL.
If you can provide more code and/or error messages it might be easier to determine exactly what is going wrong.

Overlays not displaying in android maps

So I'm just trying to create a generic mapView in android and put a few geopoints in it. I've followed the instructions from the android developer website and had no success... can anyone help? here is my code.
public class HelloItemizedOverlay extends ItemizedOverlay {
private ArrayList<OverlayItem> mOverlays = new ArrayList<OverlayItem>();
Context mContext;
public HelloItemizedOverlay(Drawable defaultMarker, Context context) {
// defines the bounds for the overlayItems
super(boundCenterBottom(defaultMarker));
mContext = context;
}
#Override
protected OverlayItem createItem(int i) {
// returns the correct ArrayList position from int i
return mOverlays.get(i);
}
#Override
public int size() {
// returns number of items in ArrayList
return mOverlays.size();
}
public void addOverlay(OverlayItem overlay) {
mOverlays.add(overlay);
populate();
}
#Override
protected boolean onTap(int index) {
OverlayItem item = mOverlays.get(index);
AlertDialog.Builder dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(mContext);
dialog.setTitle(item.getTitle());
dialog.setMessage(item.getSnippet());
dialog.show();
return true;
}
}
//Here's my main class
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.maptastic);
((TextView)((FrameLayout)((LinearLayout)((ViewGroup) getWindow().getDecorView()).getChildAt(0)).getChildAt(0)).getChildAt(0)).setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
setTitle("Field Trip");
Drawable drawable = this.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.supaaaa);
HelloItemizedOverlay itemizedoverlay = new HelloItemizedOverlay(drawable,this);
//initControls();
MapView mapview = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapView);
mapview.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
mcontroller = mapview.getController();
// Plot all geo points
for (Entry<Integer, FieldTripStop> cur : Statics.fieldTripStops.entrySet())
{
// get the FieldTripStop object from the current hash table entry
Statics.currentFTStop = cur.getValue();
// concatenate numbers before (all) and after (6) the decimal, since
// geopoints only accept 6 numbers past the decimal.
theLat = Statics.currentFTStop.latitude;
theLong = Statics.currentFTStop.longitude;
/*
* String manipulation method
*
* theLat = theLat.replace(".","");
* theLat = theLat.substring(0, 8);
* theLong = theLong.replace(".","");
* theLong = theLong.substring(0, 8);
* point = new GeoPoint((int)(Integer.valueOf(theLat)), (int)(Integer.valueOf(theLong)));
*/
theDLat = Double.parseDouble(theLat);
theDLong = Double.parseDouble(theLong);
//olay = new OverlayItem(point, "herp", "derp");
//olayitems.add(olay);
List<Overlay> mapOverlays = mapview.getOverlays();
point = new GeoPoint((int)(theDLat*1E6), (int)(theDLong*1E6));
OverlayItem overlayitem = new OverlayItem(point, "holda, Mundo!", "I'm in Mexico City~!");
itemizedoverlay.addOverlay(overlayitem);
mapOverlays.add(itemizedoverlay);
}

You need to a) use only a single HelloItemizedOverlay (instead one for each point) and b) add this overlay to the map before you add the markers (In your current code, the overlay is not yet associated with the map when populate is called, so the map does not receive any notification and doesn't refresh itself).
Some things to check:
Did you specify your api key for the MapView? *
*) How to specify your api key (in the layout resource for your activity):
<com.google.android.maps.MapView android:id="#+id/map"
...
android:apiKey="your-api-key-here"/>

Inflate balloon when item is selected

I have a map activity that has many pins of map, and when I click a pin, a custom balloon opens, showing some information about that pin. Also, I have a search bar, where if you type the name of a knob, the info appears there, but I want it to go to that searched pin.
Example: on the map you have different vegetables pins, and when you search carrot, the search list will show the element carrot, and when you click on it, the balloon for the carrot pin will inflate. So, my question is : is there some sort of OnTap() void method ? I know, that OnTap(int index) returns a boolean.

create your own itemized overlay, and override the onTap method, and in your main class, make an instance of the itemized overlay, and call overlay.onTap(point)
Sample code:
public class MyItemizedOverlay<Item> extends ItemizedOverlay<OverlayItem> {
private ArrayList<OverlayItem> m_overlays;
private MapView mapView;
final MapController mc;
public MyItemizedOverlay(Drawable defaultMarker, MapView mapView) {
super(boundCenterBottom(defaultMarker), mapView);
m_overlays = new ArrayList<OverlayItem>();
mc = mapView.getController();
populate();
}
public void addOverlay(OverlayItem overlay) {
m_overlays.add(overlay);
setLastFocusedIndex(-1);
populate();
}
public ArrayList<OverlayItem> getOverlays() {
return m_overlays;
}
public final boolean onTap(int index) {
GeoPoint point;
point = createItem(index).getPoint();
mc.animateTo(point);
return true;
}
...
}
In the main class
public class Main extends MapActivity {
private MapView mapView;
private List<Overlay> mapOverlays;
private MyItemizedOverlay overlay;
private Drawable pin;
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
doAction();
}
private void doAction() {
mapView = (MapView)findViewById(R.id.map_view);
pin = res.getDrawable(R.drawable.pin);
overlay = new MyItemizedOverlay(pin, mapView);
GeoPoint point = new GeoPoint((int)(7*1E6),(int)(42*1E6));
overlayItem = new OverlayItem(point, "title", "text");
overlay.addOverlay(overlayItem);
mapOverlays = mapView.getOverlays();
mapOverlays.add(overlay);
//we tap the point here
overlay.onTap(0);
}
}

adding single marker on map, Android, Google API

On my application i receive coordinates from a remote server and i want to mark the location on the coordinates on a map, this happens on demand inside onClick method. The problem is that when i update the location i end up with multiple markers on the map instead of just one, the current location. is there any way to remove the previous marker before adding the next one?
I followed the steps in this tutorial : http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-mapview.html
And my code goes like this :
public class AppTwoAndroid extends MapActivity {
private Button refreshButton;
double lat, lon;
ConnectionHandler conhandler;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
MapView mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapview);
mapView.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
Log.i("AppTwo", "making connectionhandler object");
conhandler = new ConnectionHandler();
conhandler.execute();
Log.i("AppTwo", "making button");
this.refreshButton = (Button)this.findViewById(R.id.close);
final List<Overlay> mapOverlays = mapView.getOverlays();
Drawable drawable = this.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.androidmarker);
final AppTwoAndroidItemizedOverlay itemizedoverlay = new AppTwoAndroidItemizedOverlay(drawable);
refreshButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
Log.i("AppTwo", "inside onclick");
if (mapOverlays.contains(itemizedoverlay) == true) {
mapOverlays.remove(itemizedoverlay);
}
conhandler.write();
lat = conhandler.retLat();
lon = conhandler.retLon();
lat = lat * 1e6;
lon = lon * 1e6;
int ilat = (int) lat;
int ilon = (int) lon;
GeoPoint point = new GeoPoint(ilat ,ilon);
OverlayItem overlayitem = new OverlayItem(point, null, "AppOne");
itemizedoverlay.addOverlay(overlayitem);
mapOverlays.add(itemizedoverlay);
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "lat is: " + lat + " lon is: " + lon
, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
}
#Override
protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return false;
}
}
and my AppTwoAndroidItemizedOverlay class is :
public class AppTwoAndroidItemizedOverlay extends ItemizedOverlay {
private ArrayList<OverlayItem> mOverlays = new ArrayList<OverlayItem>();
Context mContext;
public AppTwoAndroidItemizedOverlay(Drawable defaultMarker) {
super(boundCenterBottom(defaultMarker));
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
}
#Override
protected boolean onTap(int index) {
OverlayItem item = mOverlays.get(index);
AlertDialog.Builder dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(mContext);
dialog.setTitle(item.getTitle());
dialog.setMessage(item.getSnippet());
dialog.show();
return true;
}
public AppTwoAndroidItemizedOverlay(Drawable defaultMarker, Context context) {
super(defaultMarker);
mContext = context;
}
public void addOverlay(OverlayItem overlay) {
mOverlays.add(overlay);
populate();
}
#Override
protected OverlayItem createItem(int i) {
return mOverlays.get(i);
}
#Override
public int size() {
return mOverlays.size();
}
}

In the onClick method just give
mapOverlays.clear();
this should clear any existing markers.
Hope this works :)

In this part of code:
if (mapOverlays.contains(itemizedoverlay) == true) {
mapOverlays.remove(itemizedoverlay);
}
When your removing the Overlay from the mapOverlay structure you are not really clearing the overlay, so when you add other item and re-add it to the mapOverlay there will be 2 markers.
If you just want a single marker do an Overlay that has setOverlayItem instead of a list with an 'adding' logic. (meaning do a overlay with just an item that when you add another, just replaces the old one)
Hope it helped! :D

Add this statement before the code....
mMap.clear();
mMap.clear();
LatLng latLng = new LatLng(gps.getLatitude(), gps.getLongitude());
mMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(latLng));
mMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(new
LatLng(gps.getLatitude(), gps.getLongitude()), 15));
mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(latLng).title(""));
mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_TERRAIN);