Custom marker in google maps in android with vector asset icon

Question

How can we achieve a map marker icon with vector asset file, the way google shows it like this, programatically:

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Answer 1

Might be a bit late to the game but this works great with Google Maps v2:

public static BitmapDescriptor getBitmapFromVector(@NonNull Context context,
                                                   @DrawableRes int vectorResourceId,
                                                   @ColorInt int tintColor) {

    Drawable vectorDrawable = ResourcesCompat.getDrawable(
            context.getResources(), vectorResourceId, null);
    if (vectorDrawable == null) {
        Log.e(TAG, "Requested vector resource was not found");
        return BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker();
    }
    Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(vectorDrawable.getIntrinsicWidth(),
            vectorDrawable.getIntrinsicHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
    Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
    vectorDrawable.setBounds(0, 0, canvas.getWidth(), canvas.getHeight());
    DrawableCompat.setTint(vectorDrawable, tintColor);
    vectorDrawable.draw(canvas);
    return BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromBitmap(bitmap);
}

Initialized as:

locationMarkerIcon = LayoutUtils.getBitmapFromVector(ctx, R.drawable.ic_location_marker,
                ContextCompat.getColor(ctx, R.color.marker_color));

Usage:

googleMap.addMarker(MarkerOptions().icon(getMarkerIcon()).position(latLng));

Note: getMarkerIcon() just returns the initialized non null locationMarkerIcon member variable.

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