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Jamel Naghmouchi
Jamel Naghmouchi

Reputation: 313

Android Custom marker icon

I'm working on application with Google maps so i want to define a custom marker for each custom place, For example (gas station- Hotel- Hospital.. ) ! i have a overlays class with the latitude and longitude of many places and i want just how to give a custom icon!

Upvotes: 23

Views: 47983

Answers (3)

rajankz
rajankz

Reputation: 664

with the APi v2, you can do (markerObject).setIcon(BitmapDescriptor) to change/set the marker image.

Upvotes: 1

Janusz
Janusz

Reputation: 189594

With the new Maps Api Setting the Icon for a Marker is done with the following Code:

MarkerOptions markerOptions = new MarkerOptions().icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromResource(R.drawable.icon_location));

The icon can not be changed after a Marker was created. To change an icon remove the marker and readd it with a new image.

Upvotes: 90

ravuya
ravuya

Reputation: 8766

OverlayItem.setMarker seems like the method you're looking for.

Note that there is (or used to be) a gotcha you need to be aware of; you first need to use Drawable.setBounds to set the visible boundaries of the drawable before it can be rendered properly. Some fiddling might be needed to get it to centre; see this answer.

Upvotes: 0

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