Map Markers with text in Google Maps Android API v2

Question

I have came up with this post but it is for the deprecated Google Maps API

http://tech.truliablog.com/2012/02/23/custom-map-markers-for-android-google-maps/

Answer 1

I know this question is old but I'll post my answer here in case it helps someone.

None of the above solutions were working for me because

• I already have custom icons for markers in my app

• My app display potentially thousands of different marker titles so creating that many images in memory would be a performance problem

• As the marker icons become bigger, the map becomes very quickly unreadable

• I wanted the titles to show only if there is room, potentially hiding if not enough room to display

I found no solution on the internet so I rolled up my sleeves and made this library which solves my problem, hopefully it will help others too:

https://github.com/androidseb/android-google-maps-floating-marker-titles

Here is a preview of how it works: