Do you love to explore the outdoors with Google Maps but sometimes wish it had the details of a trail map or a tourist attractions map of a foreign city? Do you sometimes wish you could take one of those “You are here” maps with you to help you find places in an unfamiliar environment? Do you prefer maps on your phone rather than on paper?
If you answered “yes” to even some of these questions, you may want to take a closer look at a new Android app called Custom Maps — recently released as open source at code.google.com.
- dealing with large images in constrained memory environment of mobile devices
- parsing XML (KML) documents using XML Pull API
- using the Google Maps Android API and displaying translucent overlays on MapView widget
- declaring an app as able to handle special URLs and file types so it can be launched by QR codes and so mail applications can direct attachments to it
- triggering file sharing intents from an app