Using a non clickable MapView

Question

For the need of my application, I need a Mapview should act like an ImageView.

The small map that would not have the default behavior (user is not allowed to move it) and I need to launch Google Maps when clicked on it.

I have tried to use code like this:

mapView.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
            Uri.parse("geo:<lat>,<long>?q=<lat>,<long>(Label+Name)"));
        startActivity(intent);
    }
});

But it seems that the OnClickListener is never called, and I have not found how to disable the mapview scroll.

Thank for any help.

EDIT: I already tried to use clickable=false, taht's a good thing, because the map is now "disabled" and user cannot move it, but I an not able to launch GMaps when clicked...

See this: http://stackoverflow.com/a/5716704/1321873 – Rajesh Oct 15 '12 at 13:27 — Rajesh, Oct 15 '12 at 13:27
are you able to stop the mapview scroll ? – sarabhai05 Oct 15 '12 at 13:47 — sarabhai05, Oct 15 '12 at 13:47

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 15 '12 at 13:48

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When you set clickable(false) you can't use onClick, when you set clickable(true) then onTouch will take focus. So, override onTouch and then check inside it if your map view is not clickable, and if it is not clickable => start the activity.

answered Oct 15 '12 at 13:48

Carnal

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Yeah, well I just saw your question and thought of this on top of my head. Maybe there is a better alternative for this. – Carnal Oct 15 '12 at 14:20

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 15 '12 at 13:51

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to launch Google Maps use onTouchListener because onClickListenere is never called when clicked on mapview. I tried like this :

mapView.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {

        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Hello", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            Intent intent = new Intent(CurrentActivity.this, NextActivity.class);
            startActivity(intent);
            return false;
        }
    });

where NextActivity is another activity which extends MapActivity.

answered Oct 15 '12 at 13:51

sarabhai05

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Thank a lot, but Carnal was too fast with the same answer – Waza_Be Oct 15 '12 at 14:08
:-) yes, i'm in a learning stage so little bit hesitant before giving answers. – sarabhai05 Oct 15 '12 at 17:01

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 30 '18 at 20:19

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You need to after mapView ready set onClick listener

mapView?.getMapAsync {googlemap->

     googlemap. setOnMapClickListener(object : GoogleMap.OnMapClickListener {
         override fun onMapClick(p0: LatLng?) {
            //...
         }

})

answered Dec 30 '18 at 20:19

Rasoul Miri

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score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 15 '12 at 13:30

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make android:clickable="false" in your xml file can help you

answered Oct 15 '12 at 13:30

Hardik Nadiyapara

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it works, but I cannot launch Google Maps when the user click on the map after that.. – Waza_Be Oct 15 '12 at 13:35
you can make clickable to false in your map on click listener – Hardik Nadiyapara Oct 15 '12 at 13:37
as explained in the question, OnClickListener is never called, with clickable set to true or false, in both cases – Waza_Be Oct 15 '12 at 13:41
@Waza_Be other solution is to set map click false and put a empty transparent view on top and make that one clickable. – Mariano Zorrilla Jul 11 '16 at 14:20
Doesn't work when I set it in XML. Had to do it programmatically, and it mapView.setClickable(false); mapView.setLongClickable(false); – coolcool1994 Aug 26 '20 at 11:00

Using a non clickable MapView

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