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Step #2: Create a Basic MapActivity

Next, we need to create a stub MapActivity implementation that we can

then use in Patchy.

Create Patchy/res/layout/status_map.xml with the following content:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<com.google.android.maps.MapView

xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

android:id="@+id/map"

android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="fill_parent"

android:apiKey="00yHj0k7_7vxbuQ9zwyXI4bNMJrAjYrJ9KKHgbQ"

android:clickable="true" />

Note that you will need to substitute your API key for the one shown in

android:apiKey in the above code listing.

Next, create Patchy/src/apt/tutorial/two/StatusMap.java with the following

content:

package apt.tutorial.two;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.view.ViewGroup;

import com.google.android.maps.MapActivity;

import com.google.android.maps.MapController;

import com.google.android.maps.MapView;

public class StatusMap extends MapActivity {

private MapView map=null;

@Override

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.status_map);

map=(MapView)findViewById(R.id.map);

map.getController().setZoom( 17 );

}

@Override

protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() {

return(false);

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