Google Maps Platform: Maps Zen

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Product updates, customer stories, and tips and tricks on Google Maps Platform

Posted by Ankur Kotwal, Developer Advocate at GoogleEditor's Note: Gone are the days when users were impressed with a marker on a map. The Maps Zen blog post series covers integrations of Google Maps APIs to help your apps provide great maps user experiences. What’s a zen pattern? Simply put, a design pattern that results in harmonious user experiences.

Markers

setIcon()mAnimHandler.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
marker.setIcon(mSteamFrames.nextFrame());
// Next frame in 32 ms
mAnimHandler.postDelayed(this, 32);
}
});ColorMatrixColorFilterColorMatrixColorMatrix desatMatrix = new ColorMatrix();
desatMatrix.setSaturation(restaurantRating);

ColorFilter paintColorFilter = new
ColorMatrixColorFilter(desatMatrix);
Paint paint = new Paint();

paint.setColorFilter(paintColorFilter);

Canvas canvas = new Canvas(newImage);
canvas.drawBitmap(oldImage, 0, 0, paint);

Android Maps Util librarymarker clusteringcompile 'com.google.maps.android:android-maps-utils:0.3+'ClusterItempublic interface ClusterItem {
LatLng getPosition();
}mClusterManager = new ClusterManager<>(this, mMap);
mMap.setOnCameraChangeListener(mClusterManager);
mMap.setOnMarkerClickListener(mClusterManager);mClusterManager.addItem(clusterItem);

Android Maps Utils libraryheatmapscompile 'com.google.maps.android:android-maps-utils:0.3+'mHeatmapTileProvider = new HeatmapTileProvider.Builder()
.data(mLatLngCollection)
.build();mTileOverlay = mMap.addTileOverlay(
new TileOverlayOptions().tileProvider(mHeatmapTileProvider));Android Maps Utils library