#Android Compatibility Lib + Google Maps Hack

About

A port of the Android Compatibility package which makes FragmentActivity extend MapActivity. This is a hack to make it possible to use a MapView in a Fragment.

Downloading

For pre-compiled .jar files, visit the Downloads page.

Building

You can build the jar using Ant:

git clone git://github.com/petedoyle/android-support-v4-googlemaps.git
cd android-support-v4-googlemaps
ant

The default Ant target will build the jar and place it in the build/jar folder.

Alternatively, the source also includes an Eclipse project which you can use to add it as a build dependency for your project. Import it into Eclipse using File > Import > Existing Projects into Workspace..., then configure the build path of your project to require the android-support-v4-googlemaps project.

Changelog

July 22, 2011 - Released android-support-v4-r3-googlemaps.jar based on revision 3 of the Android Compatibility Library (see downloads). FragmentPagerAdapter and FragmentStatePagerAdapter are also included from the new android.support.v13 package.

May 24, 2011 - Released android-support-v4-r2-googlemaps.jar based on revision 2 of the Android Compatibility Library (see downloads).

Limitations

Currently, one downside is that ALL classes extending FragmentActivity are MapActivitys. Its possible to make a separate class (i.e. FragmentMapActivity), but it requires some refactoring of the FragmentActivity code.

Feel free to file a bug to request it or fork this project to fix it.

Getting Help

Need help? Check out this project's Google Group.