Hello Google MapsGoogle Map View
Install◦ Google Maps library installed in your SDK
environment After install
◦ Set your project properties to use the build target called "Google APIs by Google Inc.“
Obtaining a Maps API Key
Before Programming
Google Maps library
Property Setting
Obtaining a Maps API Key http://code.google.com/android/add-ons/goo
gle-apis/mapkey.html
Programming
Step 1: Start a new project named HelloGoogleMaps.
Step 2: Declare Maps library in the Android Manifest
Must request internet permission. In the manifest file, add the following as a child of the <manifest> element:
Step 3: Access to the Internet
Step 4:Give the map some more space getting rid of the title bar with the
"NoTitleBar" theme
Step 5: Set MapView layout
Step 6: CodingUsing MapActivity
This method is required for some accounting from the Maps service to see if you're currently displaying any route information. In this case, you're not, so return false.
Simple zoom feature is built-in
Remember, you must have an AVD configured to use the Google APIs target, or be using a development device that includes the Maps library.)
Step 7: Run it