how to restrict maps to only one country using google maps api for android

Question

I am totally new to google\'s maps api for android and I was wondering if it is possible to restrict the area the map is showing to one country only. I mean my target users

Answer 1

You can restrict the user view to specific square -maybe- of the map, to do so, you can use the following:

private GoogleMap mMap;
// Create a LatLngBounds that includes the city of Adelaide in Australia.
private LatLngBounds ADELAIDE = new LatLngBounds(
  new LatLng(-35.0, 138.58), new LatLng(-34.9, 138.61));
// Constrain the camera target to the Adelaide bounds.
mMap.setLatLngBoundsForCameraTarget(ADELAIDE);

in this case, the user will not be able to zoom in, in the map in areas where the camera is totally out of the range -square- you specified.

for more details, source: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-api/views#restricting_the_users_panning_to_a_given_area