Android Google Maps V2 - MapView in XML

some_layout.xml

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
    
    <com.google.android.gms.maps.MapView android:id="@+id/mapview"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" />

</LinearLayout>

SomeFragment.java

 
public class SomeFragment extends Fragment {
 
	MapView mapView;
	GoogleMap map;
 
	@Override
	public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.some_layout, container, false);
 
 		// Gets the MapView from the XML layout and creates it
		mapView = (MapView) v.findViewById(R.id.mapview);
		mapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
		// 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(this.getActivity());
		} catch (GooglePlayServicesNotAvailableException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		
		// Updates the location and zoom of the MapView
		CameraUpdate cameraUpdate = CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(new LatLng(43.1, -87.9), 10);
		map.animateCamera(cameraUpdate);
 
		return v;
	}

	@Override
	public void onResume() {
		mapView.onResume();
		super.onResume();
	}
 
	@Override
	public void onDestroy() {
		super.onDestroy();
		mapView.onDestroy();
	}
 
	@Override
	public void onLowMemory() {
		super.onLowMemory();
		mapView.onLowMemory();
	}
 
}

SomeManifest.xml

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	package="com.example"
	android:versionCode="1"
	android:versionName="1.0" >
	
	<uses-sdk
		android:minSdkVersion="8"
		android:targetSdkVersion="15" />
	
	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
	<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES"/>
	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
	
	<uses-feature
		android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
		android:required="true"/>
	
	<permission
		android:name="com.example.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
		android:protectionLevel="signature"/>
	<uses-permission android:name="com.example.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"/>
	
	<application
		android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
		android:label="@string/app_name"
		android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
		
		<meta-data
			android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
			android:value="your_key"/>
		
		<activity
			android:name=".HomeActivity"
			android:label="@string/app_name" >
			<intent-filter>
				<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
				<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
			</intent-filter>
		</activity>
	
	</application>

</manifest>

Greate ... thank you for this help.

If someone want to use this code not inside fragment - you should add mapView.onResume(), or you will have no tiles before touch on map.

very nice..... Thank you

Nice example ;)

Thanks.

Note that getMap() is now deprecated, use getMapAsync(this)

@igofed thanks for the point

Thanks!

Can I call super before the map?

public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
mapView.onResume();
}

This is great. Please how can I add sliding menu to this map ? want it to be a page of the side menu.

Awesome, thanks! :DD
My hero! XD

Thank you so much, you have made my learnng a lot easier ...bless

I have to touch at screen to get the map updated. Would you help me please with this issue ... thx

onResume did the trick.... :(

@Override
public void onResume() {
    mapView.onResume();
    super.onResume();
}

Thanks mate ;)

Thanks a lot :)

Thnx Dude , you made my day ^^

Used the exact code inside Dialog. But not showing the map

I wasted a whole day, just because I didn't add onResume() :( This is crazy, but thnx to the owner of this gist, may Allah bless you.

Getting inflating error
android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #37: Binary XML file line #37: Error inflating class com.google.android.gms.maps.MapView

Have you tried for Marshmallow? I am getting error EGL BAD DISPLAY.

Thanks man. Instead of searching the location by lat long I want to search it by Name of place or institutions,How can I do it?Please help

Thankyou its very usefull...

How have you used this fragment? My MainActivity extends FlutterActivity so how should I proceed?

When adding MapView to my XML I get the following error:

could not find dependency "com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:11.8.0"

What to do?

Thank you very much for this code.

Further code about MapView can be found at Google Maps Android Samples RawMapViewDemoActivity sample, and Maps SDK for Android Map Objects MapView guide.

After combining this gist code with the above mentioned links, I found it to work.

Thank you for this code.
How can I find current location with mapview?

very useful thank you

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