osmdroid overlay to center on current location

Question

I'm using osmdroid and I have added a MyLocationNewOverlay to my map to show my current location. THis looks fine. What I want is a button that will center the map on to my current location, similar to Google Maps.

Is there a way to do this built in? If not, how do I go about creating a custom overlay to do this?

I realize that MyLocationNewOverlay has a feature for enabling following the location. I do not want this. I just want an on-demand center button.

I'm asking about including a button as an overlay on the map itself that would fire that action though. — Stealth Rabbi, Feb 05 '16 at 17:10
Why not add the button as a View above the map? Anyway it should be static. — geNia, Feb 05 '16 at 18:02
Yes, I know I could add some random button and put it in the activity and execute the code to center the map. I'm asking about doing it as an overlay. It would integrate nicely, like the compass and zoom buttons. — Stealth Rabbi, Feb 08 '16 at 18:07
I'm having the same problem. Did you find a solution for this? — arne.z, Dec 10 '16 at 20:17

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 06 '19 at 10:03

The setCenter() method along with animateTo() in mapView.controller should center the map.

val mMyLocationOverlay = MyLocationNewOverlay(GpsMyLocationProvider(this), myMapView)
                    val mapController = mapView.controller
                    mMyLocationOverlay.disableMyLocation()
                    mMyLocationOverlay.disableFollowLocation()
                    mMyLocationOverlay.isDrawAccuracyEnabled = true
                    mMyLocationOverlay.runOnFirstFix {
                        runOnUiThread {
                       mapController.setCenter(mMyLocationOverlay.myLocation);                        
                       mapController.animateTo(mMyLocationOverlay.myLocation)
                        }
                    }
            mapView.overlays.add(mMyLocationOverlay)

Regarding the overlay button, You can put a static button on top of the map. It might not be the perfect solution but it should do the trick.

osmdroid overlay to center on current location

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