Question

I’m moving my app to the new Google’s API for Android. I’ve decided to use the MapView and not the Fragment since the map is a part of a Fragment.
I’ve succeeded to show a map with the MapFragment, but when trying to do the same with the MapView it just shows empty tiles.
Does anyone has a clew what I’m missing?
These are the permissions from the Manifest file:

<permission android:name="com.beezer.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" 
                 android:protectionLevel="signature"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CALL_PHONE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.beezer.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

I don’t get any error in the log.

Answer 1

Have you forwarded all the Activity life cycle methods as written here
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/map#mapview

“Users of this class must forward all the Activity life cycle methods – such as onCreate(), onDestroy(), onResume(), and onPause() – to the corresponding methods in the MapView class.”

@Override
public void onViewCreated(View view, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
    mapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    try {
       MapsInitializer.initialize(mContext);
    } catch (GooglePlayServicesNotAvailableException e) {
       e.printStackTrace();
    }
 }

@Override
public void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    mapView.onPause();
}

@Override
public void onResume() {
   super.onResume();
   mapView.onResume();
}

@Override
public void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();
    mapView.onDestroy();
}