This demo illustrates implementing a google map view along side a navigation drawer that slides out from the left hand side of the screen. This is a very nice, but complex UI which is nice for a lot of Google Maps applications.
You need a google maps API key, you can replace GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY in strings.xml under /res/
Links:
- Download the zip
- Import into Android Studio
- Get Google Maps v2 API key
- Profit
Before you can begin working with the API, you will need to download the API and ensure that you have a Google Maps Android API v2 key. Both the API and the key are freely available.
Android Studio is a new Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA. It provides new features and improvements over Eclipse ADT and will be the official Android IDE once it's ready. On top of the capabilities you expect from IntelliJ, Android Studio offers:
- Flexible Gradle-based build system.
- Build variants and multiple APK generation.
- Expanded template support for Google Services and various device types.
- Rich layout editor with support for theme editing.
- Lint tools to catch performance, usability, version compatibility, and other problems.
- ProGuard and app-signing capabilities.
- Built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, making it easy to integrate Google Cloud Messaging and App Engine.