Is there a way to implement rounded corners to a Mapfragment?

Question

I want to give the map a nice looking rounded corners as the two boxes below it have. I can\'t do it with the map fragment it self because there is not a background property

Answer 1

I haven't tried this, but I'd put a view with rounded corners and a transparent middle on top of the mapView / mapFragment.

That is, put the mapFragment and the rounded corner view in a FrameLayout with both filling the FrameLayout, then make the middle of the rounded corner view transparent.

For further clarification, you could do it in a layout as follows:-

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >

<fragment
    xmlns:map="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/mapFragment"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    class="com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment" />

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/rounded_background"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
</LinearLayout>

</FrameLayout>

The rounded_background is a 9-patch with rounded corners and a transparent middle. E.g.

Hope that helps,

Ryan