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

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2015

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849698863

Length 356 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Android

Concepts

Android Development

Table of Contents (13) Chapters

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

Registering in the Google Developer Console

Registration is one of the most important steps in our process. Our application will not function without obtaining an API key from the Google Developer Console. Follow these steps to obtain the API key:

Open the Google Developer Console from https://console.developers.google.com. Click on the Create Project button.
A new dialog box will appear. Give your project a name and a unique project ID. Then, select Create:
As soon as your project is created, you will be redirected to the project dashboard. On the left-hand side, under the APIs & auth section, select APIs.
Then, scroll down and enable Google Maps Android API v2:
Next, under the same APIs & auth section, select Credentials. Now, select Create new key under Public API access, and then select Android key as shown in the following dialog:
In the next window, enter the SHA1 fingerprint we noted in our previous section followed by a semicolon and the package name of the Android application...