Android: how to check if myLocation is visible on the map at the current zoom level?

Question

I have a Google map where as the user moves around the blue dot (myLocation) moves - standard behaviour. This works well until the user moves beyond the bounds of the current zoom level - and the blue dot disappears off one of the edges of the map. I don't want to refocus the map every single time that the user moves and I get a location update - it isn't necessary for the myLocation dot to always be in the center of the screen - but it is necessary for the myLocation to always be visible, so if the user moves off one side of the map I want to refocus the map so that he becomes visible again.

How can I tell that the myLocation has moved out of the visible area of the screen?

you can periodically check for location updates and move your camera to current location — Vivek Mishra, Dec 19 '15 at 16:48

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 19 '15 at 17:20

 double latitude = location.getLatitude();
 double longitude = location.getLongitude();
 fromPosition = new LatLng(latitude, longitude);

 LatLngBounds bounds = this.map.getProjection().getVisibleRegion().latLngBounds;       
 if(!bounds.contains(new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude()))){
            CameraPosition cameraPosition = new CameraPosition.Builder()
                    .target(fromPosition)      
                    .zoom(17)                   
                    .bearing(180)                
                    .tilt(80)                  
                    .build(); 
            map.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newCameraPosition(cameraPosition));
 }

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 19 '15 at 16:50

Solved by getting current bounds for the map and then checking "contains" on the last known latlng:

if (!map.getProjection().getVisibleRegion().latLngBounds.contains(locationToLatLng(lastKnownLocation))) {
                map.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newCameraPosition(getCameraPositionFromLocationWithZoom(lastKnown, getCurrentZoom())));
            }

Android: how to check if myLocation is visible on the map at the current zoom level?

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