Learning Android Google Maps

Integrate Google Maps with your Android application to offer feature-rich and interactive maps

Key Features

• Set up the development environment and obtain the Google API key to create your first map application
• Create a cutting edge Google maps application by implementing all the concepts learned
• A step-by-step tutorial guide that is full of pragmatic examples

Book Description

What you will learn

• Get to know about the basic development environment setup needed to create a successful map application
• Generate an SHA1 fingerprint, obtain an API key, and create a basic map application
• Detect different types of maps and implement them in your application
• Add information to your map such as markers, overlays, information windows, and shapes
• Explore the interaction with maps and work with gestures
• Change the different camera views in your map application
• Work with real-time GPS location data and implementing it in your application
• Apply Street View and integrate the StreetViewPanoroma fragment to your application
• Employ the native Google maps application to solve some of the tasks using intents
• Create a cutting edge Google maps application by implementing all the concepts learned

Who this book is for

If you are an Android developer and want to integrate maps into your application, then this book is definitely for you. This book is intended for novice Android application developers who would like to get up and running with map rich applications using Google Maps. Some basic development experience would be helpful but it's not a mandate.