I am creating an app that uses the google API. I would like to know if i install that app on a mobile phone, will it require a gooogle map app pre-installed in the device to be able to use the map or it uses the internet to get the map from google or any other methods?
This my main.java:
package com.map.testing;
import android.os.Bundle;
import com.google.android.maps.GeoPoint; import
com.google.android.maps.MapActivity; import
com.google.android.maps.MapController; import
com.google.android.maps.MapView;public class main extends MapActivity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
MapController mControl;
GeoPoint GeoP;
MapView mapV; @Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
mapV = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapView);
mapV.displayZoomControls(true);
mapV.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);double lat = 23.1; double longi = 113.3; GeoP = new GeoPoint((int)(lat*1E6), (int)(longi*1E6)); mControl = mapV.getController(); mControl.animateTo(GeoP); mControl.setZoom(12); } @Override protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() { // TODO Auto-generated method stub return false; }}
This my main.xml:
<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="00_sJY0o9guZejQwsJOr8PPDHtMpnEB6LWFspjA" /> </LinearLayout>
my manifest:
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> <application android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" > <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" /> <activity android:name=".main" android:label="@string/app_name" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> </application>
But you can handle id the api is not on phone by
android:required=”false” in
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