How to adjust the position of the marker(icon) in google maps in android

Question

I am trying to show the current location to the user. Now I am using icon to denote the location. But the problem is icon is not placed in the exact location. It showing little bit top from the location.

Please refer the screenshot. I want to place the icon in exact blue dot.

I am using following code to show the icon in the map.

    latLng = new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude());
    MarkerOptions markerOptions = new MarkerOptions();
    markerOptions.position(latLng);
    markerOptions.title("Current Position");
    markerOptions.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromResource(R.drawable.navigation_arrow));
    currLocationMarker = mMap.addMarker(markerOptions);

I don't want to remove the blue dot(GoogleMap.setMyLocationEnabled). I want to place the icon on that blue dot.

Possible duplicate of [Remove default user's location icon](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26110788/remove-default-users-location-icon) — Maveňツ, Dec 28 '16 at 07:10
I don't want to remove the blue dot. I know how to remove that blue dot. I want to place the icon on exact on blue dot. — Vijay, Dec 28 '16 at 07:12
Welcome dude, I guess this is bit difficult to do so as per this [link](http://stackoverflow.com/a/31310683/1761003) — Maveňツ, Dec 28 '16 at 09:42

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 28 '16 at 09:43

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You need to set the anchor point of your Marker using the anchor method from the MarkerOptions.

By default the anchor point of the Marker's icon is set on the middle bottom.

For example, to set the anchor point on the center of the icon you need to do:

markerOptions.anchor(0.5f, 0.5f);

answered Dec 28 '16 at 09:43

antonio

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This what I want..!! :-) :-) :-) ... Thank you @antonio..!! – Vijay Dec 28 '16 at 10:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 28 '16 at 07:31

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Make sure you have correct location coordinates. And also make sure about the drawable you are using. you can recreate the drawable using this link.

answered Dec 28 '16 at 07:31

Sagar Patil

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How to adjust the position of the marker(icon) in google maps in android

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