Question

Currently I am showing Google Map in Android phone using Java on the whole screen which is working fine for me.

public class MainActivity extends MapActivity {    
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() {
        return false;
    }
}

Below is my XML file-

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">

    <com.google.android.maps.MapView 
        android:id="@+id/mapView"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:enabled="true"
        android:clickable="true"
        android:apiKey="0vAX8Xe9xjo5gkFNEEIH7KdHkNZNJWNnsjUPKkQ"
        />

</RelativeLayout>    

Problem Statement:-

I need to show the Google Map on the Top Half of the Android Screen instead of showing on the full screen. And on the Bottom Half of the Screen I need to show TextBox. Is it possible to do this?

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Yeah its possible and can easily be implemented with LinearLayout. By assigning weight to MapView and TextView.

In this case

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <com.google.android.maps.MapView
        android:id="@+id/mapView"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:apiKey="0vAX8Xe9xjo5gkFNEEIH7KdHkNZNJWNnsjUPKkQ"
        android:clickable="true"
        android:enabled="true" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:text="TextView" />

</LinearLayout>