How to Use Different Types of Google Maps in Android?

When we use the default application of Google Maps we will get to see different types of Maps present inside this application. We will get to see satellite maps, terrain maps, and many more. We have seen adding Google Maps in the Android application. In this article, we will take a look at the implementation of different types of Google Maps in Android. 

What we are going to build in this article? 

We will be building a simple application in which we will be simply displaying a Google map with three buttons and we will change the map with the help of these buttons. A sample video is given below to get an idea about what we are going to do in this article. Note that we are going to implement this project using the Java language. 

Step by Step Implementation

Step 1: Create a New Project

To create a new project in Android Studio please refer to . Note that select Java as the programming language. Make sure to select Maps Activity while creating a new Project.

Step 2: Generating an API key for using Google Maps

To generate the API key for Maps you may refer to . After generating your API key for Google Maps. We have to add this key to our Project. For adding this key in our app navigate to the values folder > google_maps_api.xml file and at line 23 you have to add your API key in the place of YOUR_API_KEY. 

Step 3: Working with the activity_maps.xml file

Navigate to the app > res > layout > activity_maps.xml and add the below code to it. Comments are added in the code to get to know in more detail. 

Step 4: Working with the MapsActivity.java file

Go to the MapsActivity.java file and refer to the following code. Below is the code for the MapsActivity.java file. Comments are added inside the code to understand the code in more detail.

Now run your app and see the output of the app. 

Output: