Moving the camera

The Google Maps API helps us to move from one visible region to another. This can be done by changing the camera view.

The camera view changing from one location to another can be animated. The duration of the animation can also be controlled.

To achieve this, we need to obtain the CameraUpdate object from the CameraUpdateFactory class.

The different ways to animate the camera views are as follows:

• Changing zoom levels in the current position

• Changing the camera position

• Setting boundaries for the view

• Panning the map

Changing the zoom level in the current position

Let's discuss the different methods used to change the zoom level. These methods should be called on the CameraUpdateFactory class to obtain the CameraUpdate object:

Method	Parameter	Function
zoomIn()	None	This increases the zoom level by 1. Other properties remain the same.
zoomOut()	None	This decreases the zoom level by 1. Other properties remain the same.
zoomTo()	Zoom level in float	This changes the zoom...