Learning Android Google Maps

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

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited

Paid access

|Jan 2025

E-Book €32.99Institutions €128.95

Description

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

This book helps you to overcome the most common problems faced by users and helps you create a successful map application without any hassle.
The book starts with a brief description of how to set up an environment and obtain an API key to create your map application. This book will teach you about adding markers, overlays, and information windows to the map in detail. You will then dive deep into customizing various types of maps and working with location data and Google Street view.
By the end of this book, you will be able to create succinct map applications in Android using Google maps efficiently.

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.