Android Google Maps v2 - set zoom level for myLocation

Question

Is it possible to change the zoom level for myLocation with the new Google Maps API v2?

If you set GoogleMap.setEnableMyLocation(true);, you get a button on the map to find your location.

If you click on it, then the map will bring you to your location and zoom it in to some level. Can I change this zoom to be less or more?

do you have any idea of mylocation button zoom level? I want that value. — Prashanth Debbadwar, Sep 22 '16 at 08:00

DiscDev · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-22T04:48:15.570

It's doubtful you can change it on click with the default myLocation Marker. However, if you would like the app to automatically zoom in on your location once it is found, I would check out my answer to this question

Note that the answer I provided does not zoom in, but if you modify the onLocationChanged method to be like the one below, you can choose whatever zoom level you like:

@Override
public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
    if( mListener != null ) {
        mListener.onLocationChanged( location );

        //Move the camera to the user's location and zoom in!
        mMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude()), 12.0f));
    }
}

Be careful using `animateCamera()` in your `onMapReady()`, this may lead map lag with lite yellow background. For map init it is better to use `moveCamera()` (same signature) — QuarK, Jan 27 '23 at 14:22

score 164 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 11 '16 at 12:05

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You can also use:

mMap.animateCamera( CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo( 17.0f ) );

To just change the zoom value to any desired value between minimum value=2.0 and maximum value=21.0.

The API warns that not all locations have tiles at values at or near maximum zoom.

See this for more information about zoom methods available in the CameraUpdateFactory.

edited Aug 11 '16 at 12:05

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answered Mar 19 '13 at 16:45

HeatfanJohn

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What is the default zoom level?? – IgorGanapolsky Sep 08 '15 at 15:58
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14 is the default zoom level – vin shaba Jun 14 '20 at 06:17
Why did you choose `17.0f`? – IgorGanapolsky Jul 31 '23 at 17:08

score 33 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 13 '15 at 10:14

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with location - in new GoogleMaps SDK:

mMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(chLocation,14));

answered Oct 13 '15 at 10:14

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Is there a difference between newLatLngZoom() and zoom() which a lot of other answers have referenced? In app, from end user perspective, these look the same. – portfoliobuilder May 26 '17 at 23:29

j2emanue · Answer 4 · 2019-05-03T20:11:25.473

Here are the approximate zoom levels and what they do :

1: World
5: Landmass/continent
10: City
15: Streets
20: Buildings

so you could do something like this to zoom to street level for example (note the "15f" below is street level) :

 override fun onMapReady(googleMap: GoogleMap?) {
    googleMap?.mapType = GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_NORMAL
    googleMap?.addMarker(MarkerOptions()
            .position(LatLng(37.4233438, -122.0728817))
            .title("cool place")

            .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_ROSE)))

    googleMap?.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(LatLng(37.4233438, -122.0728817), 15f))

note: just so you know different locations can have different max zoom levels. try to use googleMap.maxZoomLevel if you want to get the max or min zoom levels.

score 15 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 30 '15 at 16:22

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Slightly different solution than HeatfanJohn's, where I change the zoom relatively to the current zoom level:

// Zoom out just a little
map.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo(map.getCameraPosition().zoom - 0.5f));

answered Jun 30 '15 at 16:22

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score 14 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 28 '18 at 13:44

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In onMapReady() Method

change the zoomLevel to any desired value.

float zoomLevel = (float) 18.0;
mMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(latLng, zoomLevel));

answered Jan 28 '18 at 13:44

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 28 '18 at 13:38

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you have to write only one line in maps_activity.xml

map:cameraZoom="13"

I hope this will solve your problem...

answered Jan 28 '18 at 13:38

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score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 07 '18 at 10:57

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You can use

    CameraUpdate center = CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude()));
    CameraUpdate zoom = CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo(12);

answered Oct 07 '18 at 10:57

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score 1 · Answer 9 · edited Jul 14 '18 at 04:21

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Even i recently had the same query....some how none of the above mentioned setmaxzoom or else map:cameraZoom="13" did not work So i found that the depenedency which i used was old please make sure your dependency for google maps is correct this is the newest use this

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:11.8.0'

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answered Mar 07 '18 at 12:51

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Oct 16 '19 at 08:52

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mMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(currentPlace,15)); This is will not have animation effect.

answered Oct 16 '19 at 08:52

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Keerthan Chand · Answer 11 · 2020-05-05T06:06:58.413

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I tried with "mMap.animateCamera( CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo( 17.0f ) );" but it didn't work for me. So I used this animation for zooming in on start.

LatLng loc = new LatLng(33.8688, 151.2093);
mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(loc).title("Sydney"));
mMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(loc, 18), 5000, null);

edited May 05 '20 at 06:06

answered May 04 '20 at 20:25

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score 0 · Answer 12 · edited Sep 28 '17 at 04:46

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Location locaton;
double latitude = location.getlatitude;
double longitude = location.getlongitude;

If you want to save the zoom or get it all the time,you just need to call the following

int zoom = mMap.getCameraPosition().zoom;

//To set that just use

mMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(new LatLng(getlatitude(), getlongitude),zoom);

edited Sep 28 '17 at 04:46

Long Ranger

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answered Sep 14 '17 at 07:00

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Feb 17 '20 at 13:17

Most of the answers above are either deprecated or the zoom works by retaining the current latitude and longitude and does not zoom to the exact location you want it to. Add the following code to your onMapReady() method.

@Override
public void onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap) {
    //Set marker on the map
    googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(new LatLng(0.0000, 0.0000)).title("Marker"));
    //Create a CameraUpdate variable to store the intended location and zoom of the camera
    CameraUpdate cameraUpdate = CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(new LatLng(0.0000, 0.0000), 13);
    //Animate the zoom using the animateCamera() method
    googleMap.animateCamera(cameraUpdate);
}

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