How to show a balloon above a marker in a MapActivity? Isn't there a widget?

Question

I dont get the point, why I have to code so much for it. Like, I dont want to care about...

• the position of the balloon (I just want to assign a geopoint)

Answer 1

Here is the "the missing widget"...

• Balloons without icons: https://github.com/jgilfelt/android-mapviewballoons#readme

• Balloons with icons (extends Jeff Gilfelt's project): https://github.com/galex/android-mapviewballoons (Offline, see comments to this answer)