Android Google Map API V2 Blank Screen

Question

Hi I recently followed Vogella's tutorial on Google Map API v2. The code is similar to his. But for some reason the map shows up blank and the logcat shows no error either. I also followed this video to get the SHA1 finger print then I put the API key inside the manifest file. I used the debug keystore C:\Users\UserName.android\debug.keystore which is also the default debug keystore located in Eclipse -> Windows -> Preference -> Android -> Build.

I also generated a new API key and it still doesn't work.

Manifest file:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.barcodelibrary"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="11"
        android:targetSdkVersion="15" />

    <permission
        android:name="com.example.mapdemo.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
        android:protectionLevel="signature" />

    <uses-feature
        android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
        android:required="true" />
    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" />
    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.flash" />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SET_DEBUG_APP"></uses-permission>
    <application
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name=".HomeActivity"
            android:label="@string/title_activity_home" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>

        </activity>
        <activity android:name=".ScanActivity"/>
        <activity android:name=".MapActivity"/>
        <activity android:name=".BarcodeHelper"/>
        <activity android:name=".JsonHelper"/>

        <meta-data
            android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
            android:value="my api key" />
    </application>

</manifest>

This is my layout file for the map activity:

    <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MapActivity" >

        <fragment
        android:id="@+id/map"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        class="com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment" />

</RelativeLayout>

This is my map activity:

public class MapActivity extends Activity 
{
    static final LatLng HAMBURG = new LatLng(53.558, 9.927);
    static final LatLng KIEL = new LatLng(53.551, 9.993);
    private GoogleMap map;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_map);

        map = ((MapFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map))
                .getMap();
            Marker hamburg = map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(HAMBURG)
                .title("Hamburg"));
            Marker kiel = map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
                .position(KIEL)
                .title("Kiel")
                .snippet("Kiel is cool")
                .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory
                    .fromResource(R.drawable.ic_launcher)));
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) 
    {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_map, menu);
        return true;
    }
}

Thanks!

Answer 1

Most people forget to activate the Google Maps Android API V2 in the developer console, I activated it and voila, my map appeared.

Answer 2

my answer in other post is what actually works for me, i paste the App signing certificate sha-1

Answer 3

Set custom keysote to the same as default one (Eclipse). And register a API key in google console as it's said in documentation.

Answer 4

I have a similar issue, where debug was ok, but blank screen on release. API keys were fine.

What worked is replacing this :

<meta-data
            android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
            android:value="@string/google_maps_key" /> 

By this

<meta-data
            android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
            android:value="AIzaSXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXGNc" /> 

Add directly your api key without ressource string

Answer 5

You have couple of permission issues with your manifest. First, in the following you need to replace the package name with your package, you also need to as a uses-permission

 <permission
        android:name="com.example.mapdemo.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
        android:protectionLevel="signature" />

per your package name, should be --

<permission
          android:name="com.example.barcodelibrary.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
          android:protectionLevel="signature"/>
<uses-permission android:name="com.example.barcodelibrary.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"/>

Finally, you seem to be missing the following permissions from the specifying permissions section of the Getting Started guide --

<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"/>

Answer 6

I had to add the correct SHA-1 certificate fingerprint to my Google Developer Console.

1. Display the current fingerprint: keytool -list -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore

2. Copy the fingerprint (e.g. 48:6F:55:B7:C5:E4:54:E1:29:D5:E1:E1:E2:A8)

3. Add it to your credentials for that particular app in Google Developer Console