Get selected location from Google Maps activity

Question

I\'m trying to return the location selected by the user in the Google Maps Android application, but I can\'t seem to find information about how to achieve this task.

Answer 1

You could simply use PlacePicker instead of implementing your own MapActivity. You will need to add Google Play Services library reference in your project though.

Just startActivityForResult with the intent provided by PlacePicker.IntentBuilder

int PLACE_PICKER_REQUEST = 1;
PlacePicker.IntentBuilder builder = new PlacePicker.IntentBuilder();

Context context = getApplicationContext();
startActivityForResult(builder.build(context), PLACE_PICKER_REQUEST);

And then receive the results in onActivityResult

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
  if (requestCode == PLACE_PICKER_REQUEST) {
    if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
        Place place = PlacePicker.getPlace(data, this);
        String toastMsg = String.format("Place: %s", place.getName());
        Toast.makeText(this, toastMsg, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
  }
}

Please refer https://developers.google.com/places/android/placepicker for further details.

A bit too late to answer your question but hope this helps someone having same requirement.

Answer 2

For maps API V2 you can use onMapClickListener.

map.setOnMapClickListener(new GoogleMap.OnMapClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onMapClick(LatLng point) {
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), point.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
});

For details: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/interactivity

Answer 3

I guess you are looking for markers dragging.

mMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
mLocation = mMap.getMyLocation();
mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(new LatLng(mLocation.getLatitude(), mLocation.getLongitude())).draggable(true));
            mMap.setOnMarkerDragListener(new OnMarkerDragListener() {

                @Override
                public void onMarkerDrag(Marker marker) {

                }
                @Override
                public void onMarkerDragEnd(Marker marker) {
                    LatLng newLocation = marker.getPosition();
                    mLocation.setLatitude(newLocation.latitude);
                    mLocation.setLongitude(newLocation.longitude);
                    mMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(new LatLng(mLocation.getLatitude(), mLocation.getLongitude()), 15.0f));

                }
                @Override
                public void onMarkerDragStart(Marker marker) {}

            });

then return your new location.i.e mLocation.

Answer 4

You can easily do that with Mapbox Android SDK. They have a good tutorial:

How to build a location picker for your app! | Mapbox

The main components needed are:

• Android ImageView for the drop pin.
• Mapbox Android SDK Marker API.
• Mapbox Android Services to do the geocoding.