I have a MapActivity where i get the current location and i pin a drawable on it. The thing is that when my location is changed ( onchangedlocation method ) there appears another pinpoint on the map but the first one does not disappear. Another problem is that onchangedlocation does not pin another drawable until i touch the screen. What should I do to appear instantly. I want to show with this drawable the current location of the car so it should move properly, like a GPS or something.
Here is my activity with which I add the pinpoint.
public class CustomPinpoint extends ItemizedOverlay<OverlayItem>{
private ArrayList<OverlayItem> pinpoints = new ArrayList<OverlayItem>();
private Context c;
public CustomPinpoint(Drawable defaultMarker) {
super(boundCenter(defaultMarker));
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
}
public CustomPinpoint(Drawable m, Context context) {
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
this(m);
c = context;
}
@Override
protected OverlayItem createItem(int i) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return pinpoints.get(i);
}
@Override
public int size() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return pinpoints.size();
}
public void insertPinpoint(OverlayItem item){
pinpoints.add(item);
this.populate();
}
}
and I use this in my oncreate method :
lm= (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
Criteria crit = new Criteria();
towers = lm.getBestProvider(crit, false);
final Location location = lm.getLastKnownLocation(towers);
if(location != null){
latit = (int) (location.getLatitude() *1E6);
longi = (int) (location.getLongitude() *1E6);
ourLocation = new GeoPoint(latit, longi);
controller.animateTo(ourLocation);
controller.setZoom(14);
if//myItemizedOverlay.addItem(ourLocation, "myPoint1", "myPoint1");
OverlayItem overlayItem = new OverlayItem(ourLocation, "What's up", "2nd String");
CustomPinpoint custom = new CustomPinpoint(d, Map.this);
custom.insertPinpoint(overlayItem);
overlayList.add(custom);}
map.setSatellite(false);
map.setStreetView(true);
and this is my onlocationchanged
public void onLocationChanged(Location l) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
latit = (int) (l.getLatitude() *1E6);
longi = (int) (l.getLongitude() *1E6);
GeoPoint ourLocation = new GeoPoint(latit, longi);
OverlayItem overlayItem = new OverlayItem(ourLocation, "What's up", "2nd String");
CustomPinpoint custom = new CustomPinpoint(d, Map.this);
custom.insertPinpoint(overlayItem);
overlayList.add(custom);
}
I thought that for the multiple drawables on my current location a solution would be to display only the last pinpoint(geopoint) added but I don't really know how to do this.
I would be very grateful if you could help me with both problems. Thank you !
PS: I would need the drawable looks like it is moving continuesly when the device is in a car or something which goes with some speed.
I don't see the definition of overlayList in your code but I guess it must be of type ArrayList<OverlayItem>
So before you overlayList.add(custom) you need to call overlayList.clear(). That will leave you with just the latest position's marker. As far as updating the display, I would have thought it should do that when you .add. I suppose you could always call .invalidate() on the mapview to see if that helps