Android OS: Add GoogleMap as fragment

Category: AndroidOS
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Applies to:
  • Android Studio (Beta) 0.8.9
  • Android Google Maps v2

What?
A sequel to my article "Basic Android App using Google Maps and Current Location", this article suggests how to add Map as a sub activity. Note that this article is based on a new blank project which does not include code from the previous example but you can still build this over the previous example (as I did).

Why?
The previous article meant that the Google map was your main activity and any other activity would be a sub-activity; returning to the map activity would restart the app as a menu item, it would need to launch a new intent... I wanted to change my previous example so that the homepage of the app (the starting page) will simply display a button to the map (in case of offline mode or incompatibility with the device).

How?
In this example, I'm going to add the map as a fragment. This is the most rudimentary example (display map, move camera and display marker) and can be run from any other activity:

MapFragment.java
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package com.joellipman.mymapapp;  // change to your own package

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;

import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdateFactory;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.MapView;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.MapsInitializer;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.BitmapDescriptorFactory;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.CameraPosition;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions;

/**
 * A fragment that launches other parts of the demo application.
 */
public class MapFragment extends Fragment {

    MapView mMapView;
    private GoogleMap googleMap;

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // inflate and return the layout
        View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.activity_map_fragment, container,
                false);
        mMapView = (MapView) v.findViewById(R.id.mapView);
        mMapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        mMapView.onResume();// needed to get the map to display immediately

        try {
            MapsInitializer.initialize(getActivity().getApplicationContext());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        googleMap = mMapView.getMap();
        // latitude and longitude
        double latitude = 17.385044;
        double longitude = 78.486671;

        // create marker
        MarkerOptions marker = new MarkerOptions().position(
                new LatLng(latitude, longitude)).title("Hello Maps");

        // Changing marker icon
        marker.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory
                .defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_ROSE));

        // adding marker
        googleMap.addMarker(marker);
        CameraPosition cameraPosition = new CameraPosition.Builder()
                .target(new LatLng(17.385044, 78.486671)).zoom(12).build();
        googleMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory
                .newCameraPosition(cameraPosition));

        // Perform any camera updates here
        return v;
    }

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

    @Override
    public void onPause() {
        super.onPause();
        mMapView.onPause();
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        mMapView.onDestroy();
    }

    @Override
    public void onLowMemory() {
        super.onLowMemory();
        mMapView.onLowMemory();
    }
}
  1.  package com.joellipman.mymapapp;  // change to your own package 
  2.   
  3.  import android.os.Bundle; 
  4.  import android.support.v4.app.Fragment; 
  5.  import android.view.LayoutInflater; 
  6.  import android.view.View; 
  7.  import android.view.ViewGroup; 
  8.   
  9.  import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdateFactory; 
  10.  import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap; 
  11.  import com.google.android.gms.maps.MapView; 
  12.  import com.google.android.gms.maps.MapsInitializer; 
  13.  import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.BitmapDescriptorFactory; 
  14.  import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.CameraPosition; 
  15.  import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng; 
  16.  import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions; 
  17.   
  18.  /** 
  19.   * A fragment that launches other parts of the demo application. 
  20.   */ 
  21.  public class MapFragment extends Fragment { 
  22.   
  23.      MapView mMapView; 
  24.      private GoogleMap googleMap; 
  25.   
  26.      @Override 
  27.      public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, 
  28.                               Bundle savedInstanceState) { 
  29.          // inflate and return the layout 
  30.          View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.activity_map_fragment, container, 
  31.                  false); 
  32.          mMapView = (MapView) v.findViewById(R.id.mapView); 
  33.          mMapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState); 
  34.   
  35.          mMapView.onResume()// needed to get the map to display immediately 
  36.   
  37.          try { 
  38.              MapsInitializer.initialize(getActivity().getApplicationContext()); 
  39.          } catch (Exception e) { 
  40.              e.printStackTrace(); 
  41.          } 
  42.   
  43.          googleMap = mMapView.getMap(); 
  44.          // latitude and longitude 
  45.          double latitude = 17.385044; 
  46.          double longitude = 78.486671; 
  47.   
  48.          // create marker 
  49.          MarkerOptions marker = new MarkerOptions().position( 
  50.                  new LatLng(latitude, longitude)).title("Hello Maps"); 
  51.   
  52.          // Changing marker icon 
  53.          marker.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory 
  54.                  .defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_ROSE)); 
  55.   
  56.          // adding marker 
  57.          googleMap.addMarker(marker); 
  58.          CameraPosition cameraPosition = new CameraPosition.Builder() 
  59.                  .target(new LatLng(17.385044, 78.486671)).zoom(12).build(); 
  60.          googleMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory 
  61.                  .newCameraPosition(cameraPosition)); 
  62.   
  63.          // Perform any camera updates here 
  64.          return v; 
  65.      } 
  66.   
  67.      @Override 
  68.      public void onResume() { 
  69.          super.onResume(); 
  70.          mMapView.onResume(); 
  71.      } 
  72.   
  73.      @Override 
  74.      public void onPause() { 
  75.          super.onPause(); 
  76.          mMapView.onPause(); 
  77.      } 
  78.   
  79.      @Override 
  80.      public void onDestroy() { 
  81.          super.onDestroy(); 
  82.          mMapView.onDestroy(); 
  83.      } 
  84.   
  85.      @Override 
  86.      public void onLowMemory() { 
  87.          super.onLowMemory(); 
  88.          mMapView.onLowMemory(); 
  89.      } 
  90.  } 


activity_map_fragment.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <com.google.android.gms.maps.MapView
        android:id="@+id/mapView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        class="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment" />
</LinearLayout>
  1.  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
  2.   
  3.  <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
  4.      android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent" 
  5.      android:layout_height="match_parent"> 
  6.   
  7.      <com.google.android.gms.maps.MapView 
  8.          android:id="@+id/mapView" 
  9.          android:layout_width="match_parent" 
  10.          android:layout_height="match_parent" 
  11.          class="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment" /> 
  12.  </LinearLayout> 


From your main activity java: eg. MainActivity.java
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private void addMapFragment() {
        FragmentManager manager = getSupportFragmentManager();
        FragmentTransaction transaction = manager.beginTransaction();
        MapFragment fragment = new MapFragment();
        transaction.add(R.id.mapView, fragment);
        transaction.commit();
}
  1.  private void addMapFragment() { 
  2.          FragmentManager manager = getSupportFragmentManager(); 
  3.          FragmentTransaction transaction = manager.beginTransaction(); 
  4.          MapFragment fragment = new MapFragment(); 
  5.          transaction.add(R.id.mapView, fragment); 
  6.          transaction.commit(); 
  7.  } 


Same file again but on the menu item (or to call it from anywhere): eg. MainActivity.java
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setContentView(R.layout.activity_map_fragment);
addMapFragment();
  1.  setContentView(R.layout.activity_map_fragment); 
  2.  addMapFragment(); 
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