Trying a My Maps URL directly on my Android 1.6 phone right now didn't work out well. The Google Maps app showed an error, "Unable to load the URL." The Browser showed the map OK, but tapping the icons did nothing. Zooming the map out got stuck partway when I tapped the zoom out control.
The Browser on Android 2.0 in an emulator did slightly better. The map loaded, zoomed out OK, and showed the bubbles with details when I tapped them. I had to set the zoom to close and text size to huge in order to actually read the text, though, and then it overflowed the popups. The controls were tiny as well. It would be tough to tap them on a real phone. The D-PAD would only select the Google logo, terms and "report a problem" links, and the Map/Sat/Ter controls. It wouldn't select the other controls. The link I was using for testing was the top Google search result for "google maps essex hauntings": http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=107089898552236652791.000476babeb0ef2ce49c0&ll=42.145078,-82.792969&spn=0.458201,0.823975&z=10&output=embed This looks like it was made by the My Maps feature, although it probably isn't the one created by the OP. Anyway, just reporting that the quickest method of just using the URL that works for desktops doesn't seem viable. There may be some way to embed a simpler version on a web page and use that URL. I know the Google Maps API you use for making web pages explicitly mentions Android: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/v3/#Mobile I've seen that the Google Maps app on Android 2.0 has an option in the main menu called "Layers" which pops up a dialog with an option called "More layers" which then offers "My Maps >", "Wikipedia", and "Transit Lines". So it looks like Google may be adding support for My Maps to their own Google Maps application in Android 2.0. If I were going to write a custom Android app to show the OP's My Map, I would be tempted to generalize it to work with any available My Map out there. Knowing Google is about to release exactly that as feature kind of puts a damper on that idea, though. On Oct 27, 6:18 pm, mark mcqueen <[email protected]> wrote: > It is a map i done using my maps/google maps that has links to haunted > places around essex, including statements and pics. I only need to create > app to link to my map etc > > On Oct 27, 2009 10:02 PM, "MMC2" <[email protected]> wrote: > > What does your app actually do? > > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "pulsarman325" < > > [email protected]> To: "Android Begin... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
