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i cannot see my MapView

Postby tannadevang » Sun May 11, 2008 11:27 pm

Hi,
I am not sure if i am doing it right, but i do not see my Map when i start my Map application.

My main.xml looks like
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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
  2.  
  3.     <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"  
  4.  
  5.    android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent"  
  6.  
  7.    android:layout_height="fill_parent">  
  8.  
  9.    
  10.  
  11.            <view class="com.google.android.maps.MapView"
  12.  
  13.           android:layout_width="fill_parent"  
  14.  
  15.           android:layout_height="fill_parent"  
  16.  
  17.           android:layout_weight="1" />  
  18.  
  19.          
  20.  
  21.            <EditText android:layout_width="fill_parent"  
  22.  
  23.            android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
  24.  
  25.                 android:text="enter address to search..."  
  26.  
  27.                  android:selectAllOnFocus="true"/>  
  28.  
  29.         </LinearLayout>
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and my MapActivity file is


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  1. public class BasicMappActivity extends MapActivity {
  2.  
  3.   private MapView myMapView;
  4.  
  5.         public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
  6.  
  7.                 super.onCreate(icicle);
  8.  
  9.                 myMapView = new MapView(this);
  10.  
  11.                 Point p = new Point ((int)(40.692158 * 1000000),(int)(-74.042616*1000000));
  12.  
  13.                 MapController mc = myMapView.getController();
  14.  
  15.                 mc.animateTo(p);
  16.  
  17.                 mc.zoomTo(20);
  18.  
  19.                 setContentView(R.layout.main);
  20.  
  21.                 myMapView.toggleSatellite();
  22.  
  23.                
  24.  
  25.         }
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Am i missing anything here ?
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Map problem

Postby manju » Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:27 am

hi...
I have a problem in running this program. I guess the error is in xml file particularly in activity.
The error is in following manner displayed in a different window.

"This Launch Configuration is setup to start activity google.programs.google.
This activity is not defined by the manifest:launch aborted!"

pls come to my help...
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hi

Postby manju » Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:11 am

problem solved......... :D :D
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Postby phannguyen » Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:39 am

hi plusminus,
i can't see any map loaded on my emulator.
My network connect well,what's wrong here?it's only available on US, right?
please help me explain this problem, it seem i can't run any app related to map :( .
thanks a lot.
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Postby Gurbuh » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:53 pm

Hi. I've been trying to create a map application for the past 2 days, but all i get is the "The application map (process com.android.map) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again" error. Now I even tried just copy-pasting your code but I still get the same error. I did change the code a little as ZoomTo and Point don't seem to exist in 0.9 beta.

Here's my code:


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  1. package com.google.map;
  2.  
  3.  
  4.  
  5. import android.os.Bundle;
  6.  
  7. import android.view.KeyEvent;
  8.  
  9.  
  10.  
  11. import com.google.android.maps.GeoPoint;
  12.  
  13. import com.google.android.maps.MapActivity;
  14.  
  15. import com.google.android.maps.MapController;
  16.  
  17. import com.google.android.maps.MapView;
  18.  
  19. import com.google.common.geom.Point;
  20.  
  21.  
  22.  
  23. public class map extends MapActivity {
  24.  
  25.     private MapView myMapView;
  26.  
  27.  
  28.  
  29.     @Override
  30.  
  31.     public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
  32.  
  33.         super.onCreate(icicle);
  34.  
  35.         myMapView = new MapView(this, "key?");
  36.  
  37.  
  38.  
  39.         // Lets start at the Statue of Liberty
  40.  
  41.         // I grabbed the data from Google-Maps
  42.  
  43.         GeoPoint p = new GeoPoint((int) (40.689213 * 1000000),
  44.  
  45.                               (int) (-74.044558 * 1000000));
  46.  
  47.         // Get the controller, that is used for translation and zooming
  48.  
  49.         MapController mc = myMapView.getController();
  50.  
  51.         // Translate to the Statue of Liberty
  52.  
  53.         mc.animateTo(p);
  54.  
  55.         // Zoom Very close
  56.  
  57.         // Make myMapView the exilicit view of this app
  58.  
  59.         setContentView(myMapView);
  60.  
  61.         // Enable Sattelite-Mode, so we will se the
  62.  
  63.         // Statue of liberty instantly on the screen
  64.  
  65.         myMapView.setSatellite(true);
  66.  
  67.     }
  68.  
  69.  
  70.  
  71.         @Override
  72.  
  73.         protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() {
  74.  
  75.                 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  76.  
  77.                 return false;
  78.  
  79.         }
  80.  
  81. }
  82.  
  83.  
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I hope anyone can see what's wrong with it.
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Postby plusminus » Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:20 am

Did you add the 'uses-library' to the Manifest, like:

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  3. <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  4.  
  5.    package="org.anddev.andnav.apk">
  6.  
  7.     <application android:icon="@drawable/icon">
  8.  
  9.                 <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" />
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It's required since SDK 0.9 .

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Postby Gurbuh » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:20 am

No I didn't . I didn't know that it was required. Will try that. Maybe you could update the tutorial with this info, so people don't get the same problem in the future. Thanks!
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Postby plusminus » Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:26 pm

Gurbuh wrote:No I didn't . I didn't know that it was required. Will try that. Maybe you could update the tutorial with this info, so people don't get the same problem in the future. Thanks!


I added a hit, that it is updated and solutions can be found in the responses. Thats all time I can afford now. :(
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Postby Gurbuh » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:24 pm

Ok. I still haven't got it to work by the way. At least my application starts now, but it shows no map. I have the same as the guy above. Just a blank google maps screen with a dot in the middle.
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Postby cadlg » Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:03 pm

If you use a proxy to go out to the internet, that could be the reason of your blank screen.
I remember this was discussed some time ago here in anddev.
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Postby Gurbuh » Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:45 pm

I'm not going to internet. Should i be doing that? It's not in the tutorial. I just want the same effect as when you click on Maps in the home screen of Android
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Postby plusminus » Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:34 pm

Gurbuh wrote:I'm not going to internet. Should i be doing that? It's not in the tutorial. I just want the same effect as when you click on Maps in the home screen of Android


You need an working internet-connection to load the map-tiles :!:
Or did I missunderstand you...
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Postby Gurbuh » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:55 pm

I guess I misunderstood you. I thought that the maps where loaded from the same 'database' as the standard Google Maps application. :oops: I'll go and fix a connection now then. Thanks again.
(By the way, I'm not doing this just for myself. I am trying to make the Dutch equivalent of anddev.org. I hope to inspire Dutch coders like this website inspired me :D )
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Postby Marchu » Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:18 pm

plusminus wrote:
Gurbuh wrote:I'm not going to internet. Should i be doing that? It's not in the tutorial. I just want the same effect as when you click on Maps in the home screen of Android


You need an working internet-connection to load the map-tiles :!:
Or did I missunderstand you...


It looks like you need some permissions to load the map-tiles..
Just discover this, and it works and loads the tiiles :-)

Add this in your AndroidManifest.xml
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  1.   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
  2.   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
  3.   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_GPS" />
  4.   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION" />
  5.   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_ASSISTED_GPS" />
  6.   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_CELL_ID" />
  7.  
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Don't know if you need all of those permissions, but works.

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Map tutorial to 1.0

Postby Marchu » Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:51 pm

Here is the updated code from the example at the beginning of this thread, for use with the 1.0 SDK.
I just started with Android, and learning with a changed SDK is strugling.
So, i hope others can use this :)

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  1.  
  2. import android.graphics.Point;
  3.  
  4. import android.os.Bundle;
  5.  
  6. import android.view.KeyEvent;
  7.  
  8.  
  9.  
  10. import com.google.android.maps.GeoPoint;
  11.  
  12. import com.google.android.maps.MapActivity;
  13.  
  14. import com.google.android.maps.MapController;
  15.  
  16. import com.google.android.maps.MapView;
  17.  
  18.  
  19.  
  20. public class Main extends MapActivity {
  21.  
  22.     private MapView myMapView;
  23.  
  24.  
  25.  
  26.     @Override
  27.  
  28.     public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
  29.  
  30.         super.onCreate(icicle);
  31.  
  32.         myMapView = new MapView(this, "key?");
  33.  
  34.  
  35.  
  36.         // Lets start at the Statue of Liberty
  37.  
  38.         // I grabbed the data from Google-Maps
  39.  
  40.         GeoPoint p = new GeoPoint((int) (40.689213 * 1000000),
  41.  
  42.                               (int) (-74.044558 * 1000000));
  43.  
  44.         // Get the controller, that is used for translation and zooming
  45.  
  46.         MapController mc = myMapView.getController();
  47.  
  48.         // Translate to the Statue of Liberty
  49.  
  50.         mc.animateTo(p);
  51.  
  52.         // Zoom Very close
  53.  
  54.         mc.setZoom(21);
  55.  
  56.         // Make myMapView the exilicit view of this app
  57.  
  58.         setContentView(myMapView);
  59.  
  60.         // Enable Sattelite-Mode, so we will se the
  61.  
  62.         // Statue of liberty instantly on the screen
  63.  
  64.         myMapView.setSatellite(true);
  65.  
  66.     }
  67.  
  68.  
  69.  
  70.     public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
  71.  
  72.         if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_I) {
  73.  
  74.             // Zooming In
  75.  
  76.             myMapView.getController().zoomIn();
  77.  
  78.             return true;
  79.  
  80.         } else if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_O) {
  81.  
  82.             // Zooming Out
  83.  
  84.             myMapView.getController().zoomOut();
  85.  
  86.             return true;
  87.  
  88.         } else if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_S) {
  89.  
  90.           // Switch to satellite view
  91.  
  92.                 myMapView.setSatellite(true);;
  93.  
  94.             return true;
  95.  
  96.         } else if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_T) {
  97.  
  98.             // Switch on traffic overlays
  99.  
  100.             myMapView.setTraffic(true);
  101.  
  102.             return true;
  103.  
  104.         }
  105.  
  106.         return false;
  107.  
  108.     }
  109.  
  110.  
  111.  
  112.         @Override
  113.  
  114.         protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() {
  115.  
  116.                 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  117.  
  118.                 return false;
  119.  
  120.         }
  121.  
  122. }
  123.  
  124.  
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p.s. it works with zoom in and out,with the keyboard keys (in the simulator), but the toggle for satelite and traffic is not yet working (don't know why not at the moment).
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