For #4, you can listen to zoom events, using ZoomListener, and when it triggers, get the zoom level. From that, you can set flags and in draw() use those flags to use different icons, for example.
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:34 PM, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Surendra <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 1. If I want to name my points just like how Google does on their Maps >> (like name my locations A, B, C etc....) do I have to have separate >> drawables for each one of them? or can I modify one drawable by >> writing the text onto them as my count of locations increases? >> > Either would work, but I suspect having a single drawable that you then > draw text on top of will be easier, more flexible, and require less > resources (fewer drawables). > > 2. I would like to navigate between each location plotted on the >> MapView using a similar method that Google has on their mobile version >> of maps when we search for some place like pizza, how do we do it? >> > Add a custom view to the map view that has the left and right arrow buttons > and handle their click events as necessary. > > >> 3. Can a map view have multiple ItemizedOverlays? If so is there a >> limit on how many of them I could have at any instance? Would it cause >> any memory issues? >> > Yes, you can have multiple ItemizedOverlays and I don't know of any strict > limit per se, but you would of course be limited to the amount of memory > available on the device (not a lot). > > 4. Is there a way to change the size of the icons used for displaying >> the locations as the zoom level changes? May be something like >> splitting the zoom levels into 3 ranges and use 3 icons for each zoom >> level range? If so which intents am I listening to and which method >> should I override? >> > > I'm sure you could do this though I'm not sure how to go about it. Someone > had a similar question not to long about this so I would suggest you search > this group for that thread and see what that user posted. Theoretically you > could just check the current zoom level each time the user touches the map > and do what you need to based on the current zoom level. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
