Loading Android Google Map fragment managed by ViewPager

Question

I can load a google map into an Android fragment that's within an activity. That has been working fine.

But now I want to use ViewPager to navigate between views (class android.support.v4.app.Fragment). It doesn't seem possible to load a com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment into such a fragment.

For example, in:

SoleMap.java

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdateFactory;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.OnMapReadyCallback;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;

public class SoleMap extends Fragment implements OnMapReadyCallback {

    MapFragment gMapFragment;
    GoogleMap gMap = null;

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.sole_map, container, false);

        gMapFragment = (MapFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.soleViewMap);
        gMapFragment.getMapAsync(this);

        return view;
    }

    @Override
    public void onMapReady(GoogleMap map) {
        gMap = map;
        gMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_HYBRID);
        gMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(new
                LatLng(49.39,-124.83), 20));
    }

}

The statement

getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.holeViewMap);

causes a compiler error (incompatible types).

I have tried to use SupportMapFragment instead, which eliminates the compiler errors, but then when I run the app, it quits immediately with the message "I/O Error: Connection refused." The Google docs seem to indicate that you need a special "For Work" account to use the Support library. Is that correct? If so, I guess I'm out of luck.

The only other way I can see to do it is to use activities instead of fragments to host my views, i.e., get rid of the ViewPager.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

In your sole_map.xml you must add a MapView, let's say something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.google.android.gms.maps.MapView
    android:id="@+id/soleViewMap"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

Then get it from your SoleMap fragment with the id view.findViewById(R.id.soleViewMap); This will return you a MapView, then you can do what you're doing now. It should look something like this:

public class SoleMap extends Fragment implements OnMapReadyCallback {

  MapView gMapView;
  GoogleMap gMap = null;

  @Override
  public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                         Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.sole_map, container, false);

    gMapView = (MapView) view.findViewById(R.id.soleViewMap);
    gMapView.getMapAsync(this);

    return view;
  }

  @Override
  public void onMapReady(GoogleMap map) {
    gMap = map;
    gMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_HYBRID);
    gMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(new
            LatLng(49.39,-124.83), 20));
  }
}

Don't forget to associate your mapview with the fragment lifecycle calling the events onCreate, onLowMemory, onPause, onResume and onDestroy (hope not missing any of them), and call to MapsInitializer.initialize(getContext()); as well