02 Basic map drawing

Overview

We will learn how to display a simple map and how to connect it with gestures to control the map.

Base

You can use your results from Tutorial01 as a base for our new project.

Show a map

First we need to replace the TextView created in Tutorial01 with a MapView. For this just rename the TextView xml tag in activity_main.xml to "com.ptvag.navigation.sdk.MapView". Also give it a new android id like "@+id/map".

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/activity_main"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.ptvag.navigation.tutorial.MainActivity">

    <com.ptvag.navigation.sdk.MapView
        android:id="@+id/map"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"/>


</RelativeLayout>

Then we need to tell the MapView when the MainActivity is resumed or finished so it can be properly initialized and finalized. To see an existing part of the map, we also set the new center of the map to Karlsruhe/Germany (PTV headquarter btw.).

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private MapView mapView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        ...

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        mapView = (MapView)findViewById(R.id.map);
        mapView.setCenter(new Position(934177, 6268747)); // Karlsruhe/Germany
    }

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        ...

        mapView.resume();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPause() {
        ...

        mapView.finish();
    }

    ...
}

Now you should see something like this:

Gestures

The MapView supports a default implementation for drag, scale and rotate.

Customize map colors

If you want to use your own map colors, you can load color definition files with MapView.setMapDesign(). Our tutorial comes with some example color definitions for day and night mode. We load them by overriding onInitialized method of our com.ptvag.navigation.sdk.MapView.

package com.ptvag.navigation.tutorial;

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;

import java.io.File;

public class MapView extends com.ptvag.navigation.sdk.MapView {
    public MapView(Context context)
    {
        super(context);
    }

    public MapView(Context context, AttributeSet attr) {
        super(context, attr);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onInitialized() {
        File rendererPath = new File(Application.getDataPath(), "renderer");
        File dayFile = new File(rendererPath, "London_day.ini");
        File nightFile = new File(rendererPath, "London_night.ini");
        setMapDesign(dayFile, true);
        setMapDesign(nightFile, false);
    }
}

Do not forget to replace the com.ptvag.navigation.sdk.MapView in the activity_main.xml with your new MapView class name.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/activity_main"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.ptvag.navigation.tutorial.MainActivity">

    <com.ptvag.navigation.tutorial.MapView
        android:id="@+id/map"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"/>


</RelativeLayout>

Attention

Remove the import com.ptvag.navigation.sdk.MapView; line in your MainActivity class to change the mapView member to your new overridden MapView.

The color definitions are ini files with a [Colors] section and several color parameters. Colors are defined in RGB format, namely r,g,b, where r is red, g is green, and b is blue. r,g,b each take values in the range 0 to 255.

The [Colors] section can define the following parameters:

Parameter	Description
COLMAPBACK	Color for the map background
COLSTREET0	Color for the outside contour of a motorway
COLSTREET1	Color for the outside contour of a national road
COLSTREET2	Color for the outside contour of a motorway slip road
COLSTREET3	Color for the outside contour of a country road
COLSTREET4	Color for the outside contour for a fast urban road
COLSTREET5	Color for the outside contour for a normal urban road
COLSTREET6	Color for the outside contour of a ferry
COLPEDESTRIAN	Color for the outside contour of a pedestrian zone/residential area
COLSTREET0_INNER	Inside color for a motorway
COLSTREET1_INNER	Inside color for a national road
COLSTREET2_INNER	Inside color for a motorway slip road
COLSTREET3_INNER	Inside color for a country road
COLSTREET4_INNER	Inside color for a fast urban road
COLSTREET5_INNER	Inside color for a normal urban road
COLSTREET6_INNER	Inside color for a ferry
COLPEDESTRIAN_INNER	Inside color for a pedestrian zone/residential area
COLROUTEINNER	Inside color for a route trace
COLROUTEOUTER	Outside color for a route trace
COLROUTEINNER_TARGETAREA	Inside color for a route trace in a target area
COLROUTEOUTER_TARGETAREA	Outside color for a route trace in a target area
COLROUTEINNER_ECOTAXE	Inside colorfor a traffic truck toll on-route
COLROUTEOUTER_ECOTAXE	Outside colorfor a traffic truck toll on-route
COLROUTEINNER_TOLL	Inside colorfor a traffic toll on-route
COLROUTEOUTER_TOLL	Outside colorfor a traffic toll on-route
COLTMCINNER	Inside color for a traffic jam on-route
COLTMCOUTER	Outside color for a traffic jam on-route
COLTMCINNEROFFROUTE	Inside color for a traffic jam off-route
COLTMCOUTEROFFROUTE	Outside color for a traffic jam off-route
COLTRUCKERSEGMENTS	Color of segments that are restricted for trucks
COLMANOVERARROWBACK	Shadow color for a maneuver arrow
COLMANOVERARROWFORE	Color of a maneuver arrow
COLWATER	Color for a lake, river, sea
COLURBAN	Color for the town area
COLINDUSTRY	Color for an industrial zone
COLWOOD	Color for a forest
COLPARK	Color for a park
COLSKY	Color for the sky
COLHORIZON	Color of the horizon