How to Add Zoom Controls to Android MapView
The following code snippet shows how to add zoom controls to Android MapView.
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Join For FreeWant to add zoom controls to Android MapView? We can achieve this by calling setBuiltInZoomControls(boolean)
method.
MapView map = (MapView)findViewById(R.id.mapview);
map.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
The above code snippet will add the zoom controls to the bottom-center of theMapView
. The zoom controls only show up when you touch the screen, so you have to make sure that the map is clickable.
<com.google.android.maps.MapView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:id="@+id/mapview"
android:clickable="true"
android:apiKey="your key">
</com.google.android.maps.MapView>
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