when you go to Google maps in the browser you can type a country name and the map focuses on that country. Is it possible to get this on a MapView? I'd like my MapView to initially focus on user's country if a location is not available.
EDIT: here's what I have so far:
private MapView mvClear;
private MyLocationOverlay compass;
private MapController controller;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_clear_map);
mvClear = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mvClear);
mvClear.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
TouchOverlay touchOverlay = new TouchOverlay();
List<Overlay> overlays = mvClear.getOverlays();
overlays.add(touchOverlay);
compass = new MyLocationOverlay(this, mvClear);
overlays.add(compass);
controller = mvClear.getController();
controller.setZoom(8);
Geocoder coder = new Geocoder(this);
try {
List<Address> address = coder.getFromLocationName(Locale.getDefault().getCountry(), 1);
int lat = (int) address.get(0).getLatitude();
int lon = (int) address.get(0).getLongitude();
GeoPoint point = new GeoPoint(lat, lon);
controller.setCenter(point);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
No focus.
Best solution I found was to save the default center point as String resource so it can be "translated" if the app is localized. That's it for now..