How to specify the size of the icon on the Marker in Google Maps V2 Android

Mohammad Haidar picture Mohammad Haidar · Mar 1, 2016 · Viewed 53.7k times · Source

In may app i use Map from Google Maps V2 and in this map i am trying to add markers each Marker with an icon, but the marker is taking the size of the icon which is making the icon looks flue. How can i specify the size of the marker in dp so that i can control how it looks like on the map

Answer

User Learning picture User Learning · Mar 1, 2016

Currently it's not possible to specify a marker size using MarkerOptions, so your only option is to rescale your Bitmap before setting it as your marker icon.

Creating the scaled Bitmap:

int height = 100;
int width = 100;
BitmapDrawable bitmapdraw = (BitmapDrawable)getResources().getDrawable(R.mipmap.marker);
Bitmap b = bitmapdraw.getBitmap();
Bitmap smallMarker = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(b, width, height, false);

Using smallMarker as the marker icon:

map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
        .position(POSITION)
        .title("Your title")
        .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromBitmap(smallMarker))
);