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Maps Zen — Not lost

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Posted by Ankur Kotwal, Developer Advocate at GoogleEditor's Note:Maps Zen blog post series

Directions API

Polylines

Street ViewStreetViewPanorama

StreetViewPanorama<fragment
android:id="@+id/streetview"
android:name=
"com.google.android.gms.maps.StreetViewPanoramaFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>streetViewPanorama.setPosition(targetLatLng);
StreetViewPanoramaCamera camera =
new StreetViewPanoramaCamera(zoom, tilt, bearing);
mStreetViewPanorama.animateTo(camera, duration);

Maps Zen — Visualize

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Posted by Ankur Kotwal, Developer Advocate at GoogleEditor's Note: Gone are the days when users were impressed with a marker on a map. The Maps Zen blog post series covers integrations of Google Maps APIs to help your apps provide great maps user experiences. What’s a zen pattern? Simply put, a design pattern that results in harmonious user experiences.

Markers

setIcon()mAnimHandler.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
marker.setIcon(mSteamFrames.nextFrame());
// Next frame in 32 ms
mAnimHandler.postDelayed(this, 32);
}
});ColorMatrixColorFilterColorMatrixColorMatrix desatMatrix = new ColorMatrix();
desatMatrix.setSaturation(restaurantRating);

ColorFilter paintColorFilter = new
ColorMatrixColorFilter(desatMatrix);
Paint paint = new Paint();

paint.setColorFilter(paintColorFilter);

Canvas canvas = new Canvas(newImage);
canvas.drawBitmap(oldImage, 0, 0, paint);

Android Maps Util librarymarker clusteringcompile 'com.google.maps.android:android-maps-utils:0.3+'ClusterItempublic interface ClusterItem {
LatLng getPosition();
}mClusterManager = new ClusterManager<>(this, mMap);
mMap.setOnCameraChangeListener(mClusterManager);
mMap.setOnMarkerClickListener(mClusterManager);mClusterManager.addItem(clusterItem);

Android Maps Utils libraryheatmapscompile 'com.google.maps.android:android-maps-utils:0.3+'mHeatmapTileProvider = new HeatmapTileProvider.Builder()
.data(mLatLngCollection)
.build();mTileOverlay = mMap.addTileOverlay(
new TileOverlayOptions().tileProvider(mHeatmapTileProvider));Android Maps Utils library

Maps Zen — Framing your shots

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Posted by Ankur Kotwal, Developer Advocate at GoogleGone are the days when users were impressed with a marker on a map. The Maps Zen blog post series covers integrations of Google Maps APIs to help your apps provide great maps user experiences. What’s a zen pattern? Simply put, a design pattern that results in harmonious user experiences.

camera

bearingtilt

map typechanged to satellite mode

bearingtiltCameraPosition builderCameraPositionanimateCamera methodCameraPosition.Builder
target(LatLng location)
zoom(float zoom)
bearing(float bearing)
tilt(float tilt)

map.AnimateCamera(
CameraUpdate.newCameraPosition(cameraPosition),
durationInMs,
callback);

Maps Zen — Seeing the Lite

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Posted by Ankur Kotwal, Developer Advocate at GoogleGone are the days when users were impressed with a marker on a map. This is the first in a series of Maps Zen blog posts covering integrations of Google Maps APIs to help your apps provide great maps user experiences. What’s a zen pattern? Simply put, a design pattern that results in harmonious user experiences.

Google Maps Android API

Lite mode

creating your maps in JavaGoogleMapOptions options = new GoogleMapOptions().liteMode(true);declared via layouts<fragment xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:map="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment"
android:id="@+id/map"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
map:liteMode="true"/>Android Lollipop transitionsinstantiate a MapFragment