Associate an object with Marker (google map v2)

Question

In my app I have some objects that have their location displayed on the map using markers. The problem is that the only way I've found to handle marker clicks is

googleMap.setOnMarkerClickListener(new ... {
    @Override
    public void onMarkerClick(Marker marker) {
       // how to get the object associated to marker???
    }
})

In other words I get the Marker object while the only interface that I have allows me to set just MarkerOptions.

Any way to associate Marker with an object?

Answer 1

You can associate arbitrary object by using Marker's setTag() method

Marker amarker = mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(lat, lng).title("Hello World"));
amarker.setTag(new SomeData());

To retrieve data associated with marker, you simply read it using its getTag() and then cast it to its original type.

SomeData adata = (SomeData) amarker.getTag();

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