Question

I am working on an Android app that displays multiple markers on a Google MapView. Everything works perfectly but I would like the markers to have an animation when they appear on the map.

Here’s an example of something similar on iPhone. See 1’20”.

Here is how I add them to my MapView.

for(int i=0; i<myMarkerList.length(); i++){
GeoPoint x = new GeoPoint(
                (int)(lat*1E6),
                    (int)(lng*1E6));

        oItem = new OverlayItem(x, title, String.valueOf(nb_marker));
        pin.setAlpha(255);
        oItem.setMarker(pin);           

        if (oItem != null)              
            mapOverlay.addOverlay(oItem); // add the overlay item to the overlay            
        }              
        mapOverlays.add(mapOverlay); // add the overlay to the list of overlays
        mapView.invalidate(); // update the map shown

It is so pretty on iPhone, and someone must have already done something similar on Android but I can’t seem to find any useful info.

EDIT: Okay so I recon I either have to override the draw method which will be long and not that pretty, or just give up with OverlayItems.

Thank you for your time.

Best regards,

Tom

Answer 1

So I got it to work using a simple ArrayList of ImageViews and animation on them, no MapOverlay.