Google Maps in Android

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Slides from the workshop presentation at Mobile 2.0 Europe Developer Conference 2010 on "Google Maps in Android" by Israel Ferrer from And.roid.es.

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Social networkTwitter Hashtag: #m2eu #android

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Who am I? 

Israel Ferrer Camachoco-founder and.roid.es & bubiloop.comBusiness Developer at bubiloop.comAndroid Developer

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And.roid.es 10/08

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And.roid.es

meetup

06/09

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Campus Party

08/09

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Android workshops 09/10

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Bubiloop 10/09

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Androides Barcelona 2010

Co-founder of Barcelona Android dev group

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Mobile Cocktail 02/10

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Google I/O 2010

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Location and Maps in Android

Israel Ferrer CamachoJune 17, 2010

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developer.android.com

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Agenda

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Google Maps in Android

Location in Android

Show me the code

Questions

Google Maps in AndroidGoogle Maps is an external library to the Android

SDK.

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Features Google Maps Google Maps Android

World Maps

Mode Sat/Street View/Traffic

Places content

Compass

Google Maps in AndroidGeoPoint: longitude/latitude stored as

integer in microdegrees (degrees * 1E6)

Overlay: Base class representing an overlay which may be displayed on top of a map

OverlayItem: The basic component of any ItemizedOverlay.

ItemizedOverlay: A base class for an Overlay which consists of a list of OverlayItems

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Google Maps in AndroidMapActivity: Base class with code to manage

the boring necessities of any activity that displays a MapView

MapView: A View which displays a map (with data obtained from the Google Maps service).

MapController: A utility class to manage panning and zooming of a map.

MyLocationOverlay: An Overlay for drawing the user's current location (and accuracy) on the map, and/or a compass-rose inset.

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Google Maps in Android¿What?

We can show custom markers with info at someplace in a map

¿How?PrerequisitesShow the map using MapViewCreate our custom marker classMapActivity:

Add marker to our located overlaysAdd this located overlays to our MapView

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Prerequisites

Create an Android project with Google APIs support

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PrerequisitesManifest Permissions:

Add permission to use Google Maps external library

<uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" />

Add permission to use Internet

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

Google Maps API key for mobile:http://tinyurl.com/androidkeyapi

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MapViewXML Definition MapView

 

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MapActivityCreate MapActivity to show the MapView

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MyLocationOverlayThis object create an overlay that shows your

location.

Custom MarkerObject that extends ItemizedOverlay

Object is initialize with a Drawable our custom marker

Custom MarkerPopulate our custom marker ItemizedOverlay

with OverlayItems

Finally, add our custom marker Overlay to MapView Overlays

Hello Map!

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To Sum Up

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Location in Android¿What?

Location-based services are technique to figure out where you are

¿How?PrerequisitesLocation ManagerLocation Listener

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Prerequisites

Manifest PermissionsGPS Location

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>

Network Location

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>

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Location

Manager

Location-Based Services (LBS) are handle using the LocationManager

Two Location providers in Android: GPS, Network

Define Criteria object to obtain the best provider

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Location

Manager

One we get the best provider is time to get locationGet last know location

Get the location changesRequest Location Manager this updates

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Location Listener Used for receiving notifications from the LocationManager

when the location has changed

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To Sum Up

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Maps and LocationEasy to use in your apps

Once we’ve got the location, we can show data on the map just with the method update(location) to refresh de UI

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Q&AAll the source from this session is in

http://bblp.to/mobile20

Questions?

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ThanksTwitter: @rallat

Mail: israel@bubiloop.com

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