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Joab Santos
Joab Santos

Reputation: 522

How to show a google satelite button in Google Maps?

When you are on google maps, there's a button like this

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You use it to change the type of map you're viewing, and as you move it updates where you are.

I'm developing an android app and I'm using google maps, now I'm using a simple button to change the type of the map, but I'd like to know if it's possible to add a button like this with the same behavior on my app.

EDIT

What I really want is to have a button that shows the live satellite as the google maps does, as you can see in the picture.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1210

Answers (2)

faran.javed
faran.javed

Reputation: 418

On button Click set this line to change normal to satellite.

mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_SATELLITE);

Upvotes: 1

Abhi
Abhi

Reputation: 3511

To change map types on button click in google maps, add mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_SATELLITE); on your button. Example:

maps.xml

<LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal">

        <Button
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:onClick="onNormalMap"
            android:text="Normal" />

        <Button
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:onClick="onSatelliteMap"
            android:text="Satellite" />

Now add the following methods in your activity file which.

 public void onNormalMap(View view) {
        mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_NORMAL);
    }

    public void onSatelliteMap(View view) {
        mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_SATELLITE);
    }

mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_NORMAL); to show normal google map. mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_SATELLITE); to show google satellite map. mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_TERRAIN); to show terrain google map. mMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_HYBRID); to show hybrid google map.

Upvotes: 0

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