Set marker icon on Google Maps v2 Android from URL
I am unable to add the icon provided by the Google Places API to the marker. For example, I would like to have the icon returned from the JSON of Google Places API: "icon" : "http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/generic_business-71.png" Here's how I am doing it now without adding the icon: for (Place place : mNearPlaces.results) { LatLng placeLatLng = new LatLng(place.geometry.location.lat, map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions() .position(placeLatLng) .title(place.name)); } I looked at this post and the answer suggested using some AsyncTask to download the image. Is there any other way