Adding style to Angular2 Google Maps

Question

Hi I am new to Angular2/Typescript and I am trying to style a map that I added to my Angular2 project by using the Angular2 Google Maps Components but I can´t figure out how to use its not yet documented MapTypeStyle Interface. How do I use it in my module and the html? The map module works but I don´t get the styles applied. Any help appreciated.

The according Google MapsTypeStyle Reference

html:

<sebm-google-map [latitude]="lat" [longitude]="lng">
  <sebm-google-map-marker [latitude]="lat" [longitude]="lng"></sebm-google-map-marker>
</sebm-google-map>

module (excerpt)

export class GmapComponent implements OnInit {

  title: string = 'Current Location';
  lat: number = 50.937531;
  lng: number = 6.960278600000038;
  constructor() { }

  ngOnInit() {
  }
}

Answer 1

This is working for me. ☺ :-p

<sebm-google-map *ngIf="map" [latitude]="placeLat" [longitude]="placeLng" [scrollwheel]="false" [zoom]="zoom" [disableDefaultUI]="true" [styles]='[
            {
                elementType : "labels.icon",
                stylers : [{
                  visibility : "off"
                }]
            }]'>

Answer 2

The docs aren't very useful, so I had to dig into the code for the component.

<sebm-google-map [latitude]="lat" [longitude]="lng" [styles]="styles">
  <sebm-google-map-marker [latitude]="lat" [longitude]="lng"></sebm-google-map-marker>
</sebm-google-map>

Just adding styles should work, where styles is of the type MapTypeStyle[] which is declared here.

Try defining styles as something like:

let styles = [{
  "featureType": "water",
  "stylers": [{
      "color": "#ff0000"
    }]
}];

That should make your water red, but I haven't tested this myself yet, I'm just basing it off the code.

Answer 3

My final working solution. But I still don´t understand where and how MapTypeStyle Interface is used.

html adding [styles]="customStyle"

<sebm-google-map [latitude]="lat" [longitude]="lng" [styles]="customStyle" >
  <sebm-google-map-marker [latitude]="lat" [longitude]="lng" ></sebm-google-map-marker>
</sebm-google-map>

component (excerpt) adding public customStyle = [{ "JSON style declaration goes here" }]

export class GmapComponent implements OnInit {

  public customStyle = [
    {
      "elementType": "geometry",
      "stylers": [
        {
          "hue": "#ff4400"
        },
        {
          "saturation": -100
        },
        {
          "lightness": -4
        },
        {
          "gamma": 0.72
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "featureType": "road",
      "elementType": "labels.icon"
    },
    {
      "featureType": "landscape.man_made",
      "elementType": "geometry",
      "stylers": [
        {
          "hue": "#0077ff"
        },
        {
          "gamma": 3.1
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "featureType": "water",
      "stylers": [
        {
          "hue": "#00ccff"
        },
        {
          "gamma": 0.44
        },
        {
          "saturation": -33
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "featureType": "poi.park",
      "stylers": [
        {
          "hue": "#44ff00"
        },
        {
          "saturation": -23
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "featureType": "water",
      "elementType": "labels.text.fill",
      "stylers": [
        {
          "hue": "#007fff"
        },
        {
          "gamma": 0.77
        },
        {
          "saturation": 65
        },
        {
          "lightness": 99
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "featureType": "water",
      "elementType": "labels.text.stroke",
      "stylers": [
        {
          "gamma": 0.11
        },
        {
          "weight": 5.6
        },
        {
          "saturation": 99
        },
        {
          "hue": "#0091ff"
        },
        {
          "lightness": -86
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "featureType": "transit.line",
      "elementType": "geometry",
      "stylers": [
        {
          "lightness": -48
        },
        {
          "hue": "#ff5e00"
        },
        {
          "gamma": 1.2
        },
        {
          "saturation": -23
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "featureType": "transit",
      "elementType": "labels.text.stroke",
      "stylers": [
        {
          "saturation": -64
        },
        {
          "hue": "#ff9100"
        },
        {
          "lightness": 16
        },
        {
          "gamma": 0.47
        },
        {
          "weight": 2.7
        }
      ]
    }
  ];



  title: string = 'Current Location';
  lat: number = 50.937531;
  lng: number = 6.960278600000038;

  constructor() {

  }

  ngOnInit() {
  }

}