Thank you to all of you for your help, I have realised that this is miles above my head!!!! If anyone is interseted in the map i created which is essex, uk not usa, the link is http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=117183460661217565520.000476db0142a6ac232af&t=h&z=9 Let me know what you all think and if you want me to finish the map by adding more haunted places, ps happy halloween everyone haha
On Oct 28, 1:48 am, Lance Nanek <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow, the Android 1.6 Google Maps app does really well with the KML > version of the My Map I was testing, though. > > Starting Maps using this code gave a "This Community Map could not be > displayed because it contains errors." error: > Uri uri = Uri.parse("geo:0,0?q=http%3A%2F%2Fmaps.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fms > %3Fie%3DUTF8%26hl%3Den%26oe%3DUTF8%26msa%3D0%26msid > %3D107089898552236652791.000476babeb0ef2ce49c0%26ll > %3D42.145078%2C-82.792969%26spn%3D0.458201%2C0.823975%26z%3D10%26output > %3Dkml"); > Intent intent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri); > startActivity(intent); > > But downloading the KML from there myself by using the unencoded URL > manually:http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=10708... > > And putting it on a test server where the URL was simpler worked fine > with that method. Here's the UI the Maps app > showed:http://imgur.com/qIcAW.pnghttp://imgur.com/3qAMb.pnghttp://imgur.com/FURDZ.pnghttp://imgur.com/MJLcr.png > > There may be a different encoding, or no encoding way to get the > direct attempt to work as well. I just saw this method over in another > thread and haven't gotten to play with it > much:http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... > > Leaving off the "geo:0,0?q=" prefix didn't work. Same error as > following a URL with the HTML version of the My Map. Just downloaded > the file and wouldn't start Maps with it with the KML version of the > My Map. > > On Oct 27, 8:21 pm, Lance Nanek <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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=10708... > > > 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 thatidea, 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...- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
