Introduction To Google Maps on Android

Hi, I'm maciej

• work @ EL Passion
• like biking
• like the idea behind bitcoin
• Android Maps Extensions
  

you?

• Android developers?
• IDEs ready?
• Interactive mode?
  

Google Maps Android API v2

Setup

• enable Google Maps Android API v2
• generate SHA1 from signing key
• create project on Cloud Console
• create API key from SHA1 + package.name
  

SETUP (cont.)

• install Google Play Services from SDK Manager
• add it as dependency to your project
• add many things to AndroidManifest.xml
• finally add MapFragment somewhere
  

Boring theory

• MapView, MapFragment, SupportMapFragment
• GoogleMap
• visual objects
• Polyline, Polygon, Circle
• GroundOverlay, TileOverlay
• Marker
• loads of callbacks / listeners
• OnMapClickListener
• OnMarkerDragListener
• SnapshotReadyCallback
• Projection
  

What can we do?

• a simple client app
• loading nearby pubs from Google Places API
• display Markers
• go to the nearest pub
  
• Foursquare clone? we can do that already
  

Let's Build something COOL

GMPaint

Requirements?

• enable/disable edit mode
• dynamically add visual objects
• works across configuration changes
• persistance