I am trying to create my first Google Maps in Android using an emulator in Eclipse with no success. All I get for the map is a gray tiled screen that I can zoom but there is no map there. Below is my AndroidManifest
file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.herb2"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="16"
android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
<uses-feature
android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
android:required="true" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.example.mapdemo.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" />
<activity
android:name="com.example.herb2.Herb2Activity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
android:value="my key is not shown here" />
</manifest>
Below is my layout file:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/latitude_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Latitude: " />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/longitude_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Longitude: " />
<com.google.android.maps.MapView
android:id="@+id/mapvw"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:apiKey="my key is not shown here"
android:clickable="true"
android:enabled="true" />
</LinearLayout>
Finally below is my java source:
public class Herb2Activity extends MapActivity {
private TextView latitudeView;
private TextView longitudeView;
private LocationManager locationManager;
private MapController mapController;
private MapView mapView;
private GeoPoint point;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_herb2);
latitudeView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.latitude_view);
longitudeView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.longitude_view);
locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapvw);
mapView.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
mapView.setSatellite(true);
mapController = mapView.getController();
locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER,
3600, 1000, new LocationListener() {
public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
}
public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
}
public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status,
Bundle extras) {
}
public void onLocationChanged(Location loc) {
if (loc != null) {
int lt = (int) (loc.getLatitude());
int lg = (int) (loc.getLongitude());
latitudeView.setText("Latitude is: "
+ String.valueOf(lt));
longitudeView.setText("Longitude is: "
+ String.valueOf(lg));
int latit = (int) (loc.getLatitude() * 1E6);
int longit = (int) (loc.getLongitude() * 1E6);
point = new GeoPoint(latit, longit);
mapController.animateTo(point);
mapController.setZoom(15);
}
}
});
}
@Override
protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() {
return true;
}
@Override
protected boolean isLocationDisplayed() {
return false;
}
}
I am suspecting it may have something to do with my API key which I generated from Google. I provided the SHA1 certificate fingerprints to generate my key. I added at the end of the key my package name which is com.example.herb2
as shown above. I also made sure I was using a Google API device as my emulator. I assume the MD5 fingerprint is used for production. I will appreciate any help on why my map shows nothing but gray.