Google Maps Lite Mode causes jank in RecyclerView

Question

I have a RecyclerView which is a vertical scrolling list of items. Each list item contains a Google Maps V2 MapView in Lite Mode. I\'m taking advantage of this

Answer 1

Solution as following:

1. Implement OnMapReadyCallback in ViewHolder class.
2. In onMapReady, call MapsInitializer.initialize, to gaurantee features can to be used before obtaining a map.

Use this class to initialize the Google Maps Android API if features need to be used before obtaining a map. It must be called because some classes such as BitmapDescriptorFactory and CameraUpdateFactory need to be initialized.

3. Recycle map from onViewRecycled.

    public class NearbyStopsAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter {


       @Override 
       public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder holder, int position)  
       {
          //get 'location' by 'position' from data list
          //get GoogleMap
          GoogleMap thisMap = holder.gMap;
          //then move map to 'location'
          if(thisMap != null) 
             //move map to the 'location' 
             thisMap.moveCamera(...);          
       }


       //Recycling GoogleMap for list item
       @Override 
       public void onViewRecycled(ViewHolder holder) 
       {
          // Cleanup MapView here?
          if (holder.gMap != null) 
          {
              holder.gMap.clear();
              holder.gMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_NONE);
          }
       }



       public class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder implements OnMapReadyCallback { 

           GoogleMap gMap; 
           MapView map;
            ... ... 

           public ViewHolder(View view) {
              super(view);
              map = (MapView) view.findViewById(R.id.mapImageView);

              if (map != null) 
              {
                 map.onCreate(null);
                 map.onResume();
                 map.getMapAsync(this);
              }

          }


          @Override
          public void onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap) {
              //initialize the Google Maps Android API if features need to be used before obtaining a map 
              MapsInitializer.initialize(getApplicationContext());
              gMap = googleMap;

              //you can move map here to item specific 'location'
              int pos = getPosition();
              //get 'location' by 'pos' from data list  
              //then move to 'location'
              gMap.moveCamera(...);

                  ... ...
         }

       }
    }