How to launch map intent with a marker/overlay item at given latitude and longitude?

Question

I have a latitude and longitude and I want to open google maps centred at that point. So i use the following code for it:

Intent intent = new Intent(android.cont         


        

Answer 1

You can simply put latitude and longitude as extras to the intent like this:

Intent intent = new Intent();
    intent.putExtra("latitude", latitude);
    intent.putExtra("longitude", longitude);
    startActivity(intent);

And then fetch them from the MapActivity you've started:

Intent intent = getIntent();
    double latitude = intent.getDoubleExtra("latitude", 0.0);
    double longitude = intent.getDoubleExtra("longitude", 0.0);

Then you can use those values for anything you want. Hope this helps.