When developing a map focused customized Android Mobile App Development Company in Chennai, you will want your users to select an accurate location. Mostly you can use Google Maps API, which is robust and accurate.
Wondering How to set the Draggable Map view in Android? To do so, you got to select a location on the google map using draggable markers in the Google Search API.
Draggable Map in Android is a Google Map API. Determine your starting point on the map by clicking on the “current location” or change the location by dragging the pointer from the current location to your desired location anywhere on the map.
What is onMapReady Method?
onMapReady() method will automatically locate the user’s current location on the map.
Draggable Maps helps the users to select the map pointer to any accurate location they want to check. To do this “Google Search API” will be handy for the Android platform.
The onMapReady() method initializes the map and places the user on their current location of the Google map.
The most notable point here is the draggable(true) on the MarkerOptions() and the initialization of the startMarker to the map. Setting draggable to true makes the marker draggable and vice versa is true. Now with this, after the marker is shown, you can long-press the marker then drag it to your preferred location. Also, note that this is possible because if you can see on the map initialization we added a marker drag listener.
What is the role of Google Coordinates?
To understand the user’s exact current location, “Google Coordinates” will be the only choice. With the knowledge on the Google coordinates between the two points A & B, you can find,
- The distance between two points.
- The time it takes to travel from one point to another.
Google Place Search API:
Narrowing the Map further down, we call it “Google Place Search API”.
Google Place Search API may not be the right choice to go only with Google Coordinates. Instead, you can drag and drop the map pointer to your desired location to gather the information you are looking for.
Steps to Set-up Draggable Google Map view API on Android?
Follow the points,
To set up the Draggable Google Map API on an Android Device from Google API Console
1. Create NewMapActivity.java from Google sample
2. Create Application & Key-in Google API to render the map.
3. Enable API for – Google Maps & Google Place Android API.
4. Get API Key from Create Credentials
5. Insert Google Maps API Key.
6 Run the sample to load the map Successfully.
Steps to get Google Coordinates info on the map?
To get the google map coordinates on a particular fixed location, just drag the Google Map and place the pointer where you want to find the coordinates.
1. Create instance Google Map on “GoogleMap.OnCameraldleListener”
2. Create object “LatLng” inside “onCameraIdle() method”. Which gives current pointer longitude and latitude coordinates.
3. Create an instance of the “Geocoder” class.
4. Create “addressList” associated with “Geocoder instance” by placing coordinates.
5. Get address, country and other info from addressList.
6. Now get addressList and GetCountryname to be used where ever needed.
Now your Draggable Google Place API is configured!
What you can do with the Draggable Map view API on Android?
Step 1 : Search Place
Step 2 : Pick Address
Step 3 : Find Distance & Time Duration between points on Map
Conclusion:
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