MapActivity

[marcel]

Hi,

I would like to implement google maps. But what I understand I need a MapActivity? I cannot choose this from B4A. Is this a planned in next releases? Or can I do this on another way?

I could use the webview and use the javascript api but I prefer to use the Mapview and MapActivity.

 

[thedesolatesoul]

Search for OSMDroid on the forums. Martin has done a very detailed job with the maps.

 

[marcel]

Hi,

I know. But I (well my customer) prefer to have the google maps...

 

[warwound]

Good news...

The Google Maps Android API v2 has just been released: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/.

Maps are now encapsulated in the MapFragment class, an extension of Android's Fragment class. Now you can add a map as a piece of a larger Activity. With a MapFragment object, you can show a map by itself on smaller screens, such as mobile phones, or as a part of a more complex UI on larger-screen devices, such as tablets.

Because maps are encapsulated in the MapFragment class, you can implement them by extending the Android standard Activity class, rather than extending the MapActivity used in version 1.

There is no longer a need for a B4A MapActivity, BUT there is a need for a B4A MapFragment and whatever other related classes.

Support for Fragments is already a popular new feature request for B4A, we're one step closer to being able to add an Android MapView to a B4A project.

Time to research more - i need a crash course on Fragments.

Martin

 

[marcel]

I would be very glad if this could be implemented. I have know made a webview with some javascript....

Would be very nice if you are willing to do this..... :sign0060:

 

[warwound]

Well i have no experience of Fragments, i've read a few tutorials but not yet had a need to write any code using them.
Fragments though seem to be the way of the future - an essential part of a modern android app designed to be compatible with all possible screen sizes.

B4A has no support for Fragments though and that could be as big a problem as there being no B4A support for MapActivity.
BUT i'd bet that Erel is more likely to (at some point in some future update) add support for Fragments to B4A.

As with all updates and possible new libraries - it's all constrained by the amount of time the developer has to spare to spend on the update or library.

Martin.

 

[marcel]

As with all updates and possible new libraries - it's all constrained by the amount of time the developer has to spare to spend on the update or library.

Yes, I know. So I will see it when it get's here