How to move the Android Google Maps API Compass Position

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capdragon picture capdragon · Feb 23, 2013 · Viewed 16.6k times · Source

Does anyone know if you can change the compass position within the map?

All I can find is how to enable or disable it. But I need to move it down a bit so my overlay is not obstructing it.

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Answer

Benjamin Ting picture Benjamin Ting · Oct 3, 2013

Use GoogleMap.setPadding() method:

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/map#map_padding

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