Day133 — Google Map

Here records things I learned about google map sdk for android.

Marker

Custom marker

Force always show info window

VectorDrawable as marker

lite mode (better performance with partial features)

Lite Mode | Maps SDK for Android | Google Developers

Some key difference:

• no animation
• no gesture (zoom, rotate, tilt, drag)
• no street view
• just a static map image

If what you need is to display a map image using latitude and longitude, lite mode is the preferred approach.

Styling

Adding a Styled Map | Maps SDK for Android | Google Developers

Applying style to google map is as simple as one line, provided that you already have the style json.

If you are using raw resources, you can uglify the json to reduce the file size.

Hide map feature:

Hiding Map Features with Styling | Maps SDK for Android