“IBitmapDescriptorFactory is not initialized” error

Question

I\'m trying to get a marker with an custom icon in Google Maps Android API v2. I just changed one of the examples Google provides. I added .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fr

Answer 1

Call following in onCreate()

try {
        MapsInitializer.initialize(getApplicationContext());
    } catch (GooglePlayServicesNotAvailableException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }