Show the Blue Dot with MapsIndoors - Part 2

Last updated: 1/21/2021

This is part 2 of the tutorial of managing a blue dot on the map. In Part 1 we created the position provider. Now we will create a Fragment displaying a map that shows the users (mock) location.

Create the class ShowUserLocationFragment that inherits from Fragment:

public class ShowUserLocationFragment extends Fragment {

Add a GoogleMap and a MapControl to the class:

GoogleMap mGoogleMap;
MapControl mMapControl;

Add a map fragment:

SupportMapFragment mMapFragment;

The Venue's coordinates:

static final LatLng VENUE_LAT_LNG = new LatLng( 57.05813067, 9.95058065 );

In the onDestroyView method, we need to free the MapsIndoors PositionProvider:

MapsIndoors.setPositionProvider( null );

Set the API key to the MapsIndoors Solution:

if( !MapsIndoors.getAPIKey().equalsIgnoreCase( getString( R.string.mi_api_key ) ) )
{
    MapsIndoors.setAPIKey( getString( R.string.mi_api_key ) );
}

Instantiate the mapControl object:

mMapControl = new MapControl( context );
mMapControl.setGoogleMap( mGoogleMap, mMapFragment.getView() );

Create an instance of the 'DemoPositionProvider' that we defined previously:

DemoPositionProvider demoPositionProvider = new DemoPositionProvider();

Assign the DemoPositionProvider instance to the MapsIndoors.positionProvider by calling the 'MapsIndoors.setPositionProvider':

MapsIndoors.setPositionProvider( demoPositionProvider );

Tell the mapControl to show the users location:

mMapControl.showUserPosition( true );

Init the mapControl object:

mMapControl.init( miError -> {
    if( miError == null )
    {
        final Activity _context = getActivity();
        if( _context != null )
        {
            mMapControl.selectFloor( 1 );
            mGoogleMap.animateCamera( CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom( VENUE_LAT_LNG, 20f ) );

Start positioning:

demoPositionProvider.startPositioning(null);

See the sample in ShowUserLocationFragment.java