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1. #HOW TO CREATE A CUSTOM MAP ON GOOGLE MAPS HOW TO#
2. #HOW TO CREATE A CUSTOM MAP ON GOOGLE MAPS ANDROID#

The alternative and easier solution that i also use is to create custom marker layout and convert it into a bitmap. You must download the image from an background thread (you could use AsyncTask or Volley or RxJava for that).Īfter that you can replace the codeResource(getResources(), R.er_picture_image) with your downloaded image bmImg. HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection() Now you also want to download a picture from an URL. Drag the marker on the map to where you want to add a marker. Alternatively, you can tap the blue plus (+) icon in the lower-right corner of the map.

#HOW TO CREATE A CUSTOM MAP ON GOOGLE MAPS ANDROID#

You can start by looking at the Canvas and Drawables from the Android Developer page. Custom Transparent PNG Map Pin (106x106) I made this image a transparent PNG, 106x106 pixels (you can make it any size you want but it is always good to optimize it for performance, i.e. This displays a list of matching search results from Google Maps below the search bar at the top.

#HOW TO CREATE A CUSTOM MAP ON GOOGLE MAPS HOW TO#

The code should (mostly) speak for itself, there are many tutorials out there how to draw a Canvas. This draws the Canvas canvas1 onto the GoogleMap mMap. Specifies the anchor to be at a particular point in the marker image. And when approved Google Maps will show this landmark to all its visitor's when they use Google Maps. paint defines the text color, stroke width and sizeĬanvas1.drawBitmap(codeResource(getResources(), Any user in Google Maps can add a landmark such as a shop, business and so on. icon(omResource(R.drawable.arrow))) Īs this just replaces the marker with an image you might want to use a Canvas to draw more complex and fancier stuff: Bitmap.Config conf = _8888 īitmap bmp = Bitmap.createBitmap(80, 80, conf) MSydney = mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions() In the Google Maps API v2 Demo there is a MarkerDemoActivity class in which you can see how a custom Image is set to a GoogleMap.