oh boy... I have figured out what went wrong... I used the "geo" command to send location fixes, but this thing takes GPS coordinates as lon/lat pairs, not as lat/lon (like any GEO-related API that I have ever seen does), so the map dropped me in some uncharted lands (which were gray...).
Great, one more wasted day thanks to terrible user interface design. :-/ On Oct 17, 4:08 pm, Matthias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > darn, nevermind... the Maps demo in ApiDemos is also missing that > file, produces the same error, but it does show a map. > > this is getting more obscure with every minute. > > On Oct 17, 3:56 pm, Matthias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes, I do have a location set. > > > I think I know where the problem originates from though. As has > > appeared in the log traces before, the gray map thing seems to happen > > when the error "Couldn't find file /data/data/<your-app-package>/ > > DATA_Tiles" occurs; from my understanding, this file holds the map > > tile data from which a map is constructed. If that file is missing, > > well, then no map will be rendered of course. > > > I don't know why my application package is missing that file. This > > should be handled by the runtime of course. I will now try to manually > > copy that file over from another (working) package to my package and > > check if that'll fix it. > > > On Oct 17, 3:10 pm, Ludwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Do you actually have a location set? I vaguely remember that I once had > > > the > > > grey screen, where it was not the permission to get the data off the net, > > > but the fact that the view did not know what/where to view. > > > Ludwig > > > > 2008/10/17 Matthias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > That didn't work for me. I am still getting a grey plane where the map > > > > should be. :-/ > > > > > Any other ideas? > > > > > On Aug 20, 9:32 pm, "Megha Joshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Move the uses-permission tags above the application tag: > > > > > > <uses-permission > > > > android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" > > > > > /> > > > > > <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> > > > > > > <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" > > > > > android:label="@string/app_name"> > > > > > <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" /> > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:44 AM, dapper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > > I am just starting out with android and for my first app after the > > > > > > tutorial I would like to display a Map. I have basically taken the > > > > > > Sample code and put it into my own project. However I only seem to > > > > > > get > > > > > > the grey grid and no map. Can anyone help (banging my head here). I > > > > > > am > > > > > > using 0.9. > > > > > > > I know it is something stupid but can't see it. > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > This is my main.xml > > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > > > > > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > > > > > > android" > > > > > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > > > > > android:layout_height="fill_parent"> > > > > > > <com.google.android.maps.MapView > > > > > > android:id="@+id/map" > > > > > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > > > > > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > > > > > > android:enabled="true" > > > > > > android:clickable="true" > > > > > > android:apiKey="mymapkey" > > > > > > /> > > > > > > </LinearLayout> > > > > > > > My code > > > > > > > public class HotelCompanion extends MapActivity { > > > > > > > MapView mMapView; > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > > > > > > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > > > > > > setContentView(R.layout.main); > > > > > > MapView map = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.map); > > > > > > MapController mc = map.getController(); > > > > > > mc.setZoom(9); > > > > > > } > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() { > > > > > > return false; > > > > > > } > > > > > > } > > > > > > > and my manifest > > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > > > > > <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; > > > > > > package="dharmesh.android.hotel"> > > > > > > <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" > > > > > > android:label="@string/ > > > > > > app_name"> > > > > > > <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" /> > > > > > > > <uses-permission > > > > > > android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" /> > > > > > > <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> > > > > > > > <activity android:name=".HotelCompanion" > > > > > > android:label="@string/app_name"> > > > > > > <intent-filter> > > > > > > <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> > > > > > > <category > > > > > > android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> > > > > > > </intent-filter> > > > > > > </activity> > > > > > > > </application> > > > > > > </manifest> > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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