Google Maps Data Layer, Click on geometry programmatically - google-maps

Question

I have a google map where I load geometry data to the data layer using geoJSON. I bind to the following event in the data layer.
map.data.addListener('click', function (event) { console.log(event);});
How can I trigger this event manually? I know I can trigger the click event on a marker manually, but it is triggered through google.maps.event.

Answer 1

That should be done with google.maps.event.trigger.
Try this (not sure):
// invoke a click
google.maps.event.trigger(map.data, 'click');

Answer 2

While Emmanuel's answer is technically correct, I would like to expand on it because I struggled for 2-3 hours to get this working.
In my code, I have a predefined click event function which was using feature object.
Here is my click event where I have used feature object:
transLayerData.addListener('click', function (event) {
var lfeature = event.feature;
var html = lfeature.getProperty('popupInfo');
infowindow.setContent(html);
infowindow.setPosition(event.latLng);
infowindow.setOptions({pixelOffset: new google.maps.Size(0,-34)});
infowindow.open(myMap);
});
If you are using a feature object in your predefined data layer click function (like above) , it is important that you pass the feature object and you create an event object with feature object in it.
Here is my code which gets the lat and long out of feature object and creates an event object:
var featureGeometry = feature.getGeometry();
var lsType = featureGeometry.getType();
var isLineData = false;
var lsType = featureGeometry.getType();
if ((lsType == 'LineString') || (lsType == 'MultiLineString') || (lsType == 'LinearRing') || (lsType == 'Polygon') | (lsType == 'MultiPolygon')) {
isLineData = true;
}
var featurePosition;
if (isLineData) {
// will center the map on the first vertex of the first LineString
var tmp = featureGeometry.getAt(0);
featurePosition = featureGeometry.getAt(0);
// following will set line's storke weight to 10
feature.setProperty('strokeWeight', 10);
} else{
featurePosition = featureGeometry.get();
}
myMap.setZoom(10);
myMap.setCenter(featurePosition);
var llat = featurePosition.lat();
var llong = featurePosition.lng();
// Creating event with the feature object is important. Especially if you have your very own feature click method defined
var lEvent = {
stop: null,
latLng: new google.maps.LatLng(llat, llong),
feature: feature,
}
// transLayerData is your data layer object.
// This is how I have defined my translayer object:
// transLayerData = new google.maps.Data({ map: myMap });
if (!isLineData) {
google.maps.event.trigger(transLayerData, 'click', lEvent);
} else {
google.maps.event.trigger(transLayerData, 'mouseover', lEvent);
}
}