i am new in Google Map API V2 and i would like to make a marker/direction pointer to route on the google map. If you don't get what i mean, please visit this link https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/ and click on flat marker. The code there is not even full and i have no idea how to do it.
Please help me ! Lots of thanks
yourmap.xml
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:padding="2dp"
>
<com.google.android.gms.maps.MapView
android:id="@+id/mapview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
</FrameLayout>
youractivity.class
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
Log.i(TAG, "oncreate");
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.yourmap, container, false);
// Gets the MapView from the XML layout and creates it
mapView = (MapView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.mapview);
mapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setCurrentLocationMarker();
return rootView;
}
public void setCurrentLocationMarker(){
try {
// Gets to GoogleMap from the MapView and does initialization stuff
map = mapView.getMap();
map.getUiSettings().setMyLocationButtonEnabled(false);
map.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
// Needs to call MapsInitializer before doing any CameraUpdateFactory calls
try {
MapsInitializer.initialize(getActivity());
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e(TAG , "Exception: "+e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
}
gps = new GPSTracker(getActivity());
if(gps.canGetLocation()) {
myLatitude = gps.getLatitude();
myLongitude = gps.getLongitude();
if(myLatitude==0 && myLongitude==0){
LocationManager lm = (LocationManager)getActivity().getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
Location location = getLastKnownLocation(lm);
Log.i(TAG, "location : "+location);
if(location!=null){
myLatitude = location.getLatitude();
myLongitude = location.getLongitude();
}
}
} else {
// Can't get location.
// GPS or network is not enabled.
// Ask user to enable GPS/network in settings.
gps.showSettingsAlert();
Log.i(TAG, "gps.canGetLocation() : "+gps.canGetLocation());
return;
}
Log.i(TAG, "myLatitude :"+myLatitude+", myLongitude: "+myLongitude);
// Updates the location and zoom of the MapView
if(myLatitude>0 && myLongitude>0){
CameraUpdate cameraUpdate = CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(new LatLng(myLatitude, myLongitude), 10);
map.animateCamera(cameraUpdate);
MarkerInfo markerinfo = new MarkerInfo("", "Current Location", myLatitude, myLongitude, true);
addMarker(markerinfo);
}
map.setOnMarkerClickListener(onClickListener);
map.setOnInfoWindowClickListener(onInfoWindowClickListener);
marker.showInfoWindow();
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e(TAG, "Exception : "+e.getMessage());
}
}