how to display location message in chat window same like whatsapp in android programmatically?

Question

I am developing a chat application. Where user can send location same like whatsapp. (I am not talking about share live location functionality). For th

Answer 1

You can make use of static maps for that.

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=9.9252,78.1198&zoom=14&markers=color:blue|label:A|9.9252,78.1198&size=500x400&sensor=false

You can replace the dynamic co-ordinates programmatically like below:

String location = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center="
                                + Utils.CUR_LATTITUDE
                                + ","
                                + Utils.CUR_LONGITUDE
                                + "&zoom=14&markers=color:blue|label:A|"
                                + Utils.CUR_LATTITUDE
                                + ","
                                + Utils.CUR_LONGITUDE
                                + "&size=500x400&sensor=false"