Hello, I'm going through that tutorial and find a mistake here: http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-mapview.html
the line HelloItemizedOverlay itemizedoverlay = new HelloItemizedOverlay(drawable); has to be changed to HelloItemizedOverlay itemizedoverlay = new HelloItemizedOverlay(drawable, this); if you don't want to get ForceCloses everytime clicking on an Icon in that MapView (a NullPointerException iss triggered, since mContext isn't initialized correctly while trying to get the AlertDialog.Builder) I would also suggest to change the second Constructor from public HelloItemizedOverlay(Drawable defaultMarker, Context context) { super(defaultMarker); mContext = context; } to public HelloItemizedOverlay(Drawable defaultMarker, Context context) { this(defaultMarker); mContext = context; } This can be very irritating for new Devs trying to get a working MapView -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en