Transparent navigation panel for Google Map (MapView)

biosopher · by **biosopher** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:38 pm

A few people were curious how to create a navigation panel for their Google Maps. I've just finished a transparent panel tutorial showing the first step: how to overlay a transparent panel (Linear Layout) onto a MapView.

This is what it looks like after the 1st tutorial:

I'm working on the next tutorial (due later this week) which will show how to navigate between GPS locations using buttons, recognize mouse clicks on the map, and display a popup overlay window much as the web-based Google Maps shows information in an embedded popup window.

Until then, feel free to check it out the first tutorial on transparent panels and let me know what you think: Transparent panel tutorial

Looking forward to seeing more transparent panels out there!

Acopernicus

CHAKYANAS · by **CHAKYANAS** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:39 pm

hI , acopernicus
Can u help me ...hw to recognise the mouse click on the Map..? any idea??
I think mouse even is not supported by android(java.awt.)

Jesmiatka · by **Jesmiatka** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:16 am

As I said in another post:

Android will not use a mouse, it will use touch screens or people will navigate with the navigation buttons.
There are OnClicklisteners in Android tough, which are used to recognize clicks on buttons, images, whatever you want..

biosopher · by **biosopher** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:21 pm

Hi CHAKYANAS,

You're in luck...! I just posted a tutorial on my blog that explains exactly how to listen to user 'clicks' on a map. The "clicks" won't actually be mouse clicks but will either by stylus or finger clicks as Jesmiatka suggests.

Please check out my tutorial and let me know if it helps.

Best,
Acopernicus (Anthony)

CHAKYANAS · by **CHAKYANAS** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:13 pm

mouse click/or any touch device on map can be recogonised and can be converted in to lat and long...................

Simple code for Mouse click

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public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev)
 
{
 
int action = ev.getAction();
 
switch(action)
 
{
 
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
 
int X = (int)ev.getX();
 
int Y = (int)ev.getY();
 
checkInRange(X,Y);
 
if( flag_for_Range==1)
 
screencordToLat(X,Y);
 
break;
 
}
 
return false;
 
}  
Parsed in 0.034 seconds,  using GeSHi 1.0.8.4

Thank You .............................

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Transparent navigation panel for Google Map (MapView)

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