The most common cause of this sort of misbehavior is forgetting to request internet access permission in the Android manifest (without which the MapView's background threads don't have permission to fetch the tiles).
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:31 AM, bob <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm working with maps for the first time, but all I get is this grid: > > http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z449/m75214/blankgrid.png > > Any ideas? > > Here's my code: > > import com.google.android.maps.GeoPoint; > import com.google.android.maps.MapActivity; > import com.google.android.maps.MapController; > import com.google.android.maps.MapView; > > import android.app.Activity; > import android.os.Bundle; > > public class hmm extends MapActivity { > private MapController mapController; > private MapView mapView; > > /** Called when the activity is first created. */ > @Override > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > setContentView(R.layout.main); > mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapview); > > mapView.setBuiltInZoomControls(true); > mapView.setStreetView(true); > mapController = mapView.getController(); > mapController.setZoom(14); > int lat=(int) (32.969185f * 1E6); > int lng=(int) (-96.60576f * 1E6); > GeoPoint point = new GeoPoint(lat, lng); > mapController.animateTo(point); > } > > @Override > protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() { > // TODO Auto-generated method stub > return false; > } > } > > -- > 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 -- 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

