Book Image

Learning Android Google Maps

Book Image

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

Summary


In this chapter, we learned about so much more stuff to make our Google map awesome.

We explored the concept of markers, adding and customizing markers, and making a marker draggable. We then proceeded with learning more about information windows and their creation. Next, we took a look at shapes, polylines, polygons, circles, and how to customize them. Finally, we finished the chapter by exploring concepts, such as ground and tile overlays.

In the next chapter, we will learn how to interact with the help of maps.