I do not want to use or extend SupportMapFragment
or MapFragment
. I have my own base class with a bunch of code in it.
The documentation clearly states that when someone uses MapView
by itself, all corresponding lifecycle methods (onCreate()
onResume()
etc.) should be called.
Most of the lifecycle methods in a Fragment
are similar to an Activity
but when I switch back and forth between my Fragment
I eventually get an obfuscated NPE in onDestroy()
or in onResume()
methods.
All the samples provided use an Activity
with a MapView
but not a custom Fragment
.
Has someone done that already? Can you provide sample code of a MapView
in your own Fragment
class?
I succeeded in including a MapView (v2) in a custom Fragment itself embedded in a ViewPager. In my case, the MapView is included in the Fragment layout file. I have had to call lifecycle methods on MapView (onCreate()
called onCreateView()
from the Fragment), and to call manually MapsInitializer.initialize(context)
to avoid a NullPointerException
from class BitmapDescriptorFactory (to get the bitmap for markers). This last trick is strange, and I don't know why the Map system isn't properly initialized itself without this call, maybe it's just a bug in the current version ...
In my case I haven't had any NullPointerException
in onResume()
or onDestroy()
.
I struggled a bit with PoPy's answer but in the end I managed it and here is what I came up with. Probably this is helpful to others which will also come across this issue:
public class MyMapFragment extends Fragment {
private MapView mMapView;
private GoogleMap mMap;
private Bundle mBundle;
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View inflatedView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.map_fragment, container, false);
try {
MapsInitializer.initialize(getActivity());
} catch (GooglePlayServicesNotAvailableException e) {
// TODO handle this situation
}
mMapView = (MapView) inflatedView.findViewById(R.id.map);
mMapView.onCreate(mBundle);
setUpMapIfNeeded(inflatedView);
return inflatedView;
}
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
mBundle = savedInstanceState;
}
private void setUpMapIfNeeded(View inflatedView) {
if (mMap == null) {
mMap = ((MapView) inflatedView.findViewById(R.id.map)).getMap();
if (mMap != null) {
setUpMap();
}
}
}
private void setUpMap() {
mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(new LatLng(0, 0)).title("Marker"));
}
@Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
mMapView.onResume();
}
@Override
public void onPause() {
super.onPause();
mMapView.onPause();
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
mMapView.onDestroy();
super.onDestroy();
}
}
And here is the corresponding res/layout/map_fragment.xml
:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<com.google.android.gms.maps.MapView
android:id="@+id/map"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</RelativeLayout>
You can omit the RelativeLayout
(and move the xmlns declartion up to your new root element, in this case the com.google.android.gms.maps.MapView
) if you have just one element in your layout like in this example.
While using a separate MapView
following two things are of vital importance
//at Activity
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
MapsInitializer.initialize(this);
mapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
}
//or at Fragment
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
MapsInitializer.initialize(getActivity());
mapView.onCreate(mBundle);
}
//along with the following
@Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if (mapView != null)
mapView.onResume();
}
@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
if (mapView != null)
mapView.onDestroy();
}
@Override
public void onLowMemory() {
super.onLowMemory();
if (mapView != null)
mapView.onLowMemory();
}