Learning Android Google Maps

Display maps

In this section, we are going to learn how to display a desired location in Google Maps. Here, we need to use the keyword geo along with the coordinates that should be displayed in the map. Let's test this with an example.

Our main layout consists of only a single button, which helps us launch Google Maps. The code is as follows:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:orientation="vertical">
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn"
        android:text="Display in Google map"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>

activity_maps.xml

Our activity contains the code to ...