Change the position of compass in mapview

Question

I need to change the position of compass from left to right in app.It always shows in left.Is it possible to change position??

  // change compass position
    try {
        assert mapFragment.getView() != null;
        final ViewGroup parent = (ViewGroup) mapFragment.getView().findViewWithTag("GoogleMapMyLocationButton").getParent();
        parent.post(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    for (int i = 0, n = parent.getChildCount(); i < n; i++) {
                        View view = parent.getChildAt(i);
                        RelativeLayout.LayoutParams rlp = (RelativeLayout.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
                        // position on right bottom
                        rlp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_LEFT);
                        rlp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_TOP,0);
                        rlp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_RIGHT,0);
                        rlp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_BOTTOM);
                        rlp.rightMargin = rlp.leftMargin;
                        rlp.topMargin = 25;
                        view.requestLayout();
                    }
                } catch (Exception ex) {
                    ex.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        });
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }

Lalit Fauzdar · Answer 1 · 2020-06-17T12:09:35.320

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Here's the needed solution to align the Compass button on Top Right corner:

View compassButton = mMapView.findViewWithTag("GoogleMapCompass");//to access the compass button
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams rlp = (RelativeLayout.LayoutParams) compassButton.getLayoutParams();
rlp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_END);
rlp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_TOP);
rlp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_START,0);
rlp.topMargin = 50;

This will change it's RelativeLayout params to align to the Top Right corner.

Result:

edited Jun 17 '20 at 12:09

answered Mar 16 '18 at 04:53

Lalit Fauzdar

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Does your code work when we want to align it to top-right? I think that is the question – Rahul Singh Chandrabhan Mar 16 '18 at 05:18
It would be great if you can put compass button on top-right as I have also tried but unable to align the compass button to top-right, yes I have been able to align it bottom-left. – Rahul Singh Chandrabhan Mar 16 '18 at 05:38
Really appreciate this Dude, Thanks – Rahul Singh Chandrabhan Mar 16 '18 at 05:41
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@RahulChandrabhan Check the update. – Lalit Fauzdar Mar 16 '18 at 06:22
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Its working, +1 for you – Rahul Singh Chandrabhan Mar 16 '18 at 06:25
The compass already has some rules that you might have to remove. If you want it bottom, remove the align_top etc. – NikkyD Feb 17 '20 at 14:01

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 16 '18 at 06:03

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You may use GoogleMap.setPadding() method: for your compass position

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/map#map_padding

answered Mar 16 '18 at 06:03

diksha

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Change the position of compass in mapview

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