In my android app I want to have a MainActivity with a google map occupying the entire screen.
My problem is that the google map does not display a map, only the go
Google maps likes to get the different activity lifecycle states. So you should send it: map_view.onCreate(savedInstanceState) and map_view.onResume(). It also likes onPause(), onLowMemory(), onSaveInstanceState(outState), onDestroy() if they occur.
map_view.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
map_view.onResume()
onPause()
onLowMemory()
onSaveInstanceState(outState)
onDestroy()