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 FREE CHAPTER

2. Configuring an API Key and Creating Our First Map Application

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

Android Studio

Android Studio is Google's official IDE to develop Android applications. It was introduced by Google in 2013 at their annual developer conference Google I/O. After over a year and a half of active development, Android Studio hit its official stable release 1.0 in December 2014. It was based on IntelliJ IDEA software. Let's see how it differs from Eclipse:

It provides a live layout editor with real-time rendering (WYSIWYG)
It uses the Gradle build system against the traditional Apache ant build system
It provides advanced code completion
It has inbuilt template-based wizards for common Android designs
It offers built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, which helps integrate Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) and the App Engine seamlessly
It provides support for Android Wear

The following screenshot displays the typical Android Studio interface with the Dracula theme: