Question

I’m trying to get the location(lat,lon) upon which the user has clicked on google map, how can this be done?

i tried finding it on the net no luck yet..

Answer 1

Regarding the HelloItemizedOverlay class mentioned below, refer to this Google Maps Tutorial for the exact implementation. This will create markers wherever you click on the mark and will also let the user drag the map and seek places for peek.

class HelloGoogleMaps extends MapActivity
{
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
List<Overlays> mapOverlays = map.getOverlays();
//This is going to be your pointer (you can use whatever image you want as your indicator
final Drawable drawable = this.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.indicator);
map.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {

    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        if(event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP)
        {
        HelloItemizedOverlay itemizedoverlay = new HelloItemizedOverlay(drawable, HelloGoogleMaps.this);
        GeoPoint p = mapView.getProjection().fromPixels(
            (int) event.getX(), (int) event.getY());
        String lat = Double.toString(p.getLatitudeE6() / (Math.pow(10,6)));
        String lon = Double.toString(p.getLongitudeE6() / (Math.pow(10,6)));
        OverlayItem overlayitem = new OverlayItem(p, "Title text", "Body Text");
        itemizedoverlay.addOverlay(overlayitem);
        mapOverlays.add(itemizedoverlay);
        map.postInvalidate();
        return true;
        }
    }
});
}