Show distance and name of nearby markers in Google Maps

Question

I'd like to create textbubbles that show the distance from that marker to the devices location, plus the name given to the marker. These are markers I set in advance:

mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(new LatLng(51.1691158, 4.4662486)).icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromResource(R.mipmap.ic_marker)));

This is an image of the design I had in mind: On the bottom of the activity, you should see textbubbles that you can scroll and click on

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 28 '22 at 16:18

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To display textbubbles, you can use InfoWindow from the same Google Maps API.

static final LatLng MELBOURNE = new LatLng(-37.81319, 144.96298);
Marker melbourne = mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
                      .position(MELBOURNE)
                      .title("Melbourne"));
melbourne.showInfoWindow();

and to get the difference between two locations, you can use:

Location loc1 = new Location("");
loc1.setLatitude(lat1);
loc1.setLongitude(lon1);

Location loc2 = new Location("");
loc2.setLatitude(lat2);
loc2.setLongitude(lon2);

float distanceInMeters = loc1.distanceTo(loc2);

The code example is from here.

Reference:

edited Oct 28 '22 at 16:18

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answered Aug 10 '18 at 16:21

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Thanks for your answer. But please check the image, I don't want infowindows on the markers, but at the bottom of the page. – Simon Kuhn Aug 10 '18 at 16:58
Looking at your reference image, you could use a recyclerview since it would be like a horizontal list. I leave you an example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94rCjYxvzEE – DavidBarbaran Aug 13 '18 at 19:19
Will take a look at that. Thanks – Simon Kuhn Aug 13 '18 at 19:51

Show distance and name of nearby markers in Google Maps

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