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yams
yams

Reputation: 952

How to add a custom .png file as a Marker for Google Maps in a Android App

I have a Activity that displays a map for a Android app using Google Maps and I want to replace the Yellow Marker I am currently using with a ping image that I created called fillingstation.png. How would I go about doing that as I am fairly new to Android App Development.

MapViewActivity.java

 private void showFuelStops(String location) throws IOException{
       Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(this, Locale.getDefault());  
       List<Address> addresses;

       addresses = geocoder.getFromLocationName(location, 1);
       if(addresses.size() > 0) {
          BitmapDescriptor subwayBitmapDescriptor = BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_YELLOW);
          double latitude= addresses.get(0).getLatitude();
          double longitude= addresses.get(0).getLongitude();
          LatLng subLoc = new LatLng(latitude, longitude);
          Marker fuelMarker = map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(subLoc).icon(subwayBitmapDescriptor).title("Subway, " + location));

       }        
 }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 10290

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1006664

If the PNG file is a resource (i.e., it is in res/drawable-NNNN/ for various densities), use fromResource() instead of defaultMarker() on BitmapDescriptorFactory.

If the PNG file is an asset (i.e., it is in assets/ in your project), use fromAsset().

If the PNG file is a file on the device's internal storage, use fromFile().

Upvotes: 7

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