Search icon CANCEL
Subscription
0
Cart icon
Your Cart (0 item)
Close icon
You have no products in your basket yet
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Learning Android Google Maps

You're reading from   Learning Android Google Maps Integrate Google Maps with your Android application to offer feature-rich and interactive maps

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849698863
Length 356 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Tools
Arrow right icon
Toc

Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Setting Up the Development Environment 2. Configuring an API Key and Creating Our First Map Application FREE CHAPTER 3. Working with Different Map Types 4. Adding Information to Maps 5. Interacting with a Map 6. Working with Custom Views 7. Working with Location Data 8. Know about the Street View 9. Google Maps Intents 10. Creating a Custom Map Application A. Answers to Self-test Questions Index

Working with map events


The Google Map's API allows us to listen for events on a map similar to those that we listen to on buttons and other views. The events that are available for this purpose are:

  • Map click / long click events

  • Camera change events

  • Indoor map events

Let's discuss these events in detail.

Map click/long click events

To handle map click events, we should use the OnMapClickListener interface on the GoogleMap object. To enable this, call the setOnMapClickListener() method on the GoogleMap object, which takes the GoogleMap.OnMapClickListener() interface as a parameter. When you click anywhere on a map, the onMapClick() method is called. In this example, we shall display a toast that shows the latitude and longitude of the location that has been clicked on. Now, we are going to display the output similar to the following screenshot:

The complete code for the onMapReady() callback method is as follows:

@Override
    public void onMapReady(GoogleMap map) {

        map.setOnMapClickListener...
lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime
Banner background image