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Learning Android Google Maps

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Learning Android Google Maps

Overview of this book

This book helps you to overcome the most common problems faced by users and helps you create a successful map application without any hassle. The book starts with a brief description of how to set up an environment and obtain an API key to create your map application. This book will teach you about adding markers, overlays, and information windows to the map in detail. You will then dive deep into customizing various types of maps and working with location data and Google Street view. By the end of this book, you will be able to create succinct map applications in Android using Google maps efficiently.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Learning Android Google Maps
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Integrating location data with maps


In our previous sections, such as working with the Android Location API and working with the Google Play services Location API, we learned how to obtain location data in different ways. Integrating location data with the map makes it more interesting. Let's finish this chapter with a simple example that has location data integrated with maps.

In this example, I am going to display a marker in my last known location.

The layout code is as follows:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<fragment xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/map"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment" />

activity_maps.xml

The complete MapsActivity code is:

package com.raj.map;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.location.Location;
import android.os.Bundle;


import com.google.android.gms.common.ConnectionResult;
import com...