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Cody
Cody

Reputation: 8944

Is it possible to include a MapView as an element of another activity?

Just as the title says...I want to include a MapView inside of another activity. For instance, I want the MapView to take up half of the screen, and below that, include some other widgets - text fields, buttons, whatever. I have been tinkering with it, but so far I have been unsuccessful - the map does take up only half the screen, but no widgets show up.

Any clues? Is this possible, or is the Google Map integration strictly using the map as a full screen?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 142

Answers (2)

Squonk
Squonk

Reputation: 48871

Just a guess but you're using a LinearLayout to contain the MapView and other widgets but you forgot to set the orientation to vertical? The default for LinearLayout is horizontal.

It came to mind because it's something I've done 2 or 3 times myself. Totally confusing as effectively the other widgets 'disappear' off the right-hand side of the screen. It eventually got engrained in my mind and I always make sure to explicitly specify orientation now when I use LinearLayout.

Upvotes: 1

Waza_Be
Waza_Be

Reputation: 39558

Please post your xml layout! You are just doing it wrong. :-D

A mapview will work like any other widget. I strongly believe there is a mistake in your layout.

This one will work for instance!

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/h1"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <CheckBox 
         android:text="Satellite" 
         android:id="@+id/satellite" 
         android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
         android:layout_height="wrap_content">
    </CheckBox>
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/image"
        android:layout_width="75dip"
        android:layout_height="75dip"
        android:layout_marginRight="6dip"
        android:src="@drawable/uoicon" />
  </LinearLayout>

  <com.google.android.maps.MapView
      xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:id="@+id/mapview"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent"
      android:clickable="true"
      android:apiKey="0zDdYFYf6Ir2W-NuiHPLAoFjsq0nmqRhPfzjY3A"/>


</LinearLayout>

Upvotes: 3

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