How to zoom in on the actual location of the device? - google-maps

I can not zoom in the current location of the device, could someone help me?
any help is welcome.
override fun onMapReady(googleMap: GoogleMap) {
Log.i("MAP READY", "READY")
val position = if (currentLocation != null) LatLng(currentLocation!!.latitude, currentLocation!!.longitude) else null
this.map = googleMap
getFineLocationPermission()
this.map!!.setOnMarkerClickListener(this)
this.map!!.uiSettings.isRotateGesturesEnabled = true
this.map!!.uiSettings.isZoomGesturesEnabled = true
this.map!!.setOnInfoWindowClickListener(this)
this.map!!.setOnMapLongClickListener(this)
}

Generally, you can change a map's zoom level by changing its camera position. According to this documentation:
To change the position of the camera, you must specify where you want to move the camera, using a CameraUpdate. The Maps API allows you to create many different types of CameraUpdate using CameraUpdateFactory.
Since you did not provide your full code, let me insert samples below:
If you want to keep all other maps properties to be the same and just change the zoom level, you can use this line:
//where zoomLevel is your preferred zoom level
mMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo(zoomLevel))
If you want to zoom a map on the location where the marker was placed, then below your addMarker() function, you can add this line to zoom your map on a City level:
// zoomLevel is set at 10 for a City-level view
val zoomLevel = 10
// latLng contains the coordinates where the marker is added
mMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(latLng,zoomLevel))
Fun tip: You can animate the camera view update if you use animateCamera() instead of using moveCamera()
For more information on Maps SDK for Android - Camera and View settings, please see https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-sdk/views

Better you can optimize your code
override fun onMapReady(googleMap: GoogleMap) {
Log.i("MAP READY", "READY")
val position = if (currentLocation != null) LatLng(currentLocation!!.latitude,
currentLocation!!.longitude) else null
this.map = googleMap
getFineLocationPermission()
this.map?.let{
it.setOnMarkerClickListener(this)
it.uiSettings.isRotateGesturesEnabled = true
it.uiSettings.isZoomGesturesEnabled = true
it.setOnInfoWindowClickListener(this)
it.setOnMapLongClickListener(this)
//zooming into the map
it.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(currentLocation,zoomLevel))
}

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Spark AR CAMERA zoom in and zoom out

I am new to spark AR, I have seen the documentation but unable to find support where you can achieve below queries.
Zoom in and zoom out camera towards a 3D object
Rotate around a 3D object
It says camera coordinates are read only, you cannot change its position on an event.
Any pointers or insights on this guys?
Thanks
No, you cannot move the actual camera in Spark, because that is mapped to the device camera position (aka your phone).
However, if you wish to scale the video feed, you could get the camera extract texture, apply it as a material to a canvas or plane, and then scale the plane in order to create a "zoom" effect.
You can also rotate and move 3d objects by editing their transform properties, like so:
let myObj = Scene.root.find('my-object');
myObj.transform.x = value;
myObj.transform.y = value;
myObj.transform.z = value;
myObj.transform.rotationX = value;
myObj.transform.rotationY = value;
myObj.transform.rotationZ = value;
myObj.transform.scaleX = value;
myObj.transform.scaleY = value;
myObj.transform.scaleZ = value;
etc.

(Maps) Avoid camera to comeback to prior position when I add a new Pin

I have an app that shows a Map and a Pin on the center of it(just like Uber and PedidosYa), I have a button that when I click it sends the location where the pin's on. And it makes to appear the closest stores around that pin.
My problem is that when the first time the map appears its centered in my location, I move the map around to locate the pin, and when I click the button I want the map to stay there, but its comeback to the prior location and THEN moves the camera to the location where I drop the pin. I want to avoid that moving.
The function I use when I click the button to drop the pin is something like this:
var CenterPos = customMap.GetMapCenterLocation();
var pinPersonal = new CustomPin()
{
Id = "000",
Position = new Position(CenterPos.Latitude, CenterPos.Longitude),
Label = "Mio",
Url = "Mío"
};
customMap.Pins.Add(pinPersonal);
This draws a pin where I click the button. If I keep it this way, it draws the pin, and the camera comesback to the prior location.
After I use something like this:
customMap.MoveToRegion(MapSpan.FromCenterAndRadius(
new Position(latitud, longitud), Distance.FromMiles(0.2)));
that makes the camera to move to the location I choose. But it comebacks always to the prior location and the moves to the new one.
Any idea? Im not sure from where this behavior comes.
Did you implement CustomMap according with Customizing a Map Pin - Xamarin?
Probably you should override OnMarkerClickListener.OnMarkerClick and return true in your custom renderer.
This means disable default behavior(centering map, open info-window) and you can implement your own behavior when pin clicked.
See this link.
Markers  |  Maps SDK for Android  |  Google Developers
/** Called when the user clicks a marker. */
#Override
public boolean onMarkerClick(final Marker marker) {
// Retrieve the data from the marker.
Integer clickCount = (Integer) marker.getTag();
// Check if a click count was set, then display the click count.
if (clickCount != null) {
clickCount = clickCount + 1;
marker.setTag(clickCount);
Toast.makeText(this,
marker.getTitle() +
" has been clicked " + clickCount + " times.",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
// Return false to indicate that we have not consumed the event and that we wish
// for the default behavior to occur (which is for the camera to move such that the
// marker is centered and for the marker's info window to open, if it has one).
return false;
}

Android Google Map how to check if user is in marker circle region

I am using Google Maps, and want to be able to detect if a user is in the radius of a Marker (placed on map), using the users current location. I have the users current location coordinates (latitude and longitude) and the marker's coordinates, but do not know how to calculate whether the user is in the area. The picture below might best describe what I want to do.
I have an algorithm like this:
map.OnInfoWindowClickListener(new OnInfoWindowClickListener()){
public void isUserInArea(Marker marker){
float[] distance = new float[2];
//users current location
Location.distanceBetween(currentLocation.getLatitude(),currentLocatiocation.getLongitude(),
marker.getPosition().latitude, marker.getPosition().longitude, distance);
}
Which doesn't find if the current location is within marker region because I can't get hold of the markers circle. It's the closest i've got to it however. Would appreciate help.
To help, I add a circle to a map like this
// adding circle to map
circleOptions = new CircleOptions();
circleOptions.center(new LatLng(locationlist.get(i)
.getLatitude(), locationlist.get(i).getLongitude()));
circleOptions.radius(20);
circleOptions.strokeColor(Color.BLUE);
circleOptions.fillColor(Color.BLUE);
map.addCircle(circleOptions);
//check that all tasks are in circle radius
Marker locationMarker = map.addMarker(markerOp);
locationMarker.showInfoWindow();
I use this:
Location.distanceBetween(mMarker.getPosition().latitude,
mMarker.getPosition().longitude, mCircle.getCenter().latitude,
mCircle.getCenter().longitude, distance);
if (distance[0] > mCircle.getRadius()) {
//Do what you need
}else if (distance[0] < mCircle.getRadius()) {
//Do what you need
}
Why don't you use proximity alerts?
This is what you can do: instead of drawing a circle, place a Marker on the map like so:
map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
.title(name)
.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromResource(R.drawable.gpsmap))
.position(coordinates)
.flat(true)
.rotation(90));
and then add a proximity alert to it calling the following method:
// Proximity alert
private void addProximityAlert(double lat, double lng, int id){
Intent intent = new Intent(PROX_ALERT_INTENT);
PendingIntent proximityIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, id, intent, Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
locationManager.addProximityAlert(lat, lng, POINT_RADIUS, EXPIRATION, proximityIntent);
}
where EXPIRATION = -1 (so the proximity alert doesn't expire) and POINT_RADIUS takes the values of the radius of your previous circle.
Then you need to add a proximity alert listener to the map:
IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(PROX_ALERT_INTENT);
registerReceiver(new ProximityIntentReceiver(), filter);
where PROX_ALERT_INTENT = "yourProjectPackageName.ProximityActivity";
Hope this helps
This tutorial can help your requirement.
User entry exit proximity alert
all the best.

Control Google Map zoom level with a hyperlink

How can I control the Zoom Level of my Google Map with hyperlinks? For instance I want three defined levels (Location in UK, UK in Europe, Europe in the World). Clicking on these links will display the map with a different zoom level.
I'm using Google Maps API v3
That shouldn't be too difficult to do.
When you create the map, you get a reference to the map object, e.g.
var mapOptions = {mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.TERRAIN};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), mapOptions);
Once you have the object, you can zoom to a specific level like this:
function zoomToLevel() {
map.setZoom(8);
}
So you'd just need to set the click event of your hyperlink to run the javascript function:
Zoom to level 8
For what you're doing though, it might be better to get the map to select it's own zoom level based on the area. This function is actually zooming to show the Pyrenees, but the idea could be used for any area, as long as your points are at diagonally opposite corners:
function zoomPyrenees() {
var startPoint;
var endPoint;
var boundsPyrenees;
startPoint = new google.maps.LatLng(43.373403, -1.774107);
endPoint = new google.maps.LatLng(42.482463, 3.129875);
boundsPyrenees = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
boundsPyrenees.extend(startPoint);
boundsPyrenees.extend(endPoint);
map.fitBounds(boundsPyrenees);
}

possible to highlight a section of a street?

I need to highlight a section of a street between two intersections. I have found a similar question which was asked more than a year ago (see here) which says that Google, Bing, etc. do not provide street data through their APIs. Does anyone know if anything has changed in the APIs, and whether I can get street location latitude/longitude data from somewhere now?
I have done this in API V2, but it should not be to difficult to rewrite it for V3.
Have a look at this website http://www.fvs.de/anfahrt.php (in German) and click the "Weg in Karte zeigen" buttons ("show way in map") in the sections below the map. Each button highlights another street line in the map.
It is basically done by using directions object of Google Maps to plot a route between two arbitrary street points in the map (e.g. your two intersections). The points must be encoded with their LatLng coordinates. Here is a code example (as said this is API V2):
function initMap() { // called by page onload event
if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
// Display the map, with some controls and set the initial location
gMap = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"));
gMap.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
// ...
gMap.setCenter(GLatLng(49.238326, 6.977761), 15);
// init directions object and attach listener to handle route loads from function highliteRoute()
gDir = new GDirections();
gPoly = null;
GEvent.addListener(gDir, 'load', function(){
gPoly = gDir.getPolyline();
gMap.addOverlay(gPoly);
// zoom & pan to poly
var polyBds = gPoly.getBounds();
var polyZoom = gMap.getBoundsZoomLevel(polyBds);
gMap.setZoom(polyZoom);
gMap.panTo(polyBds.getCenter());
});
}
}
function highliteRoute(){
if(gPoly!=null) gPoly.hide();
gDir.load('from: 49.313530,6.969109 to: 49.238326,6.977761', {getPolyline:true});
}