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javaandroiddialogandroid-mapviewitemizedoverlay

How to create a custom dialog for a itemized overlay item?

So at the moment when i click an itemized overlay item , i just display a simple dialog, i would like to create something more in the lines of the below

On tap dialog

How would i go about doing this for the android phone>?

Solution

  • When you override ItemizedOverlay there is protected onTap method. It has item index as parameter. You should override onTap and use this index to get correct data object. E.g:

    @Override
protected boolean onTap(int index) {
    getItem(index); \\your overlay item
    return true;
}

    Then you should create custom dialog from code or inflate xml layout, use correct layout params to add it on your MapView:

    MapView.LayoutParams params = new MapView.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,     
    LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, point, 0, 0, MapView.LayoutParams.BOTTOM_CENTER);
    params.mode = MapView.LayoutParams.MODE_MAP;            
    MV.addView(popup, params);

    MV - your MapView instance; point - your Overlay item GeoPoint; popup - your custom dialog view.