Android Google Map Utils Clustering Distance

Question

I'm using Android Google Map utils to enable clustering of my Markers. I'm using 10 Markers

When I press on a button, I call:

mGoogleMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngBounds(getMarkerBoundingBox(), MAP_PADDING));

Eight of my markers are close to a given region so they are clustering and I can see a blue ball with the number eight on the center. The other two markers are far away from the other group but are really close to each other.

I'm now seeing a cluster with the eight markers and far away a single marker. Only if I zoom in in the area that single marker (that in fact are two) I can see both markers.

I want to show the cluster of the eight markers but a cluster of that two.

How can I decrease the distance that a cluster is created? At the limit, if markers are too close, I want clusters to be created at zoom level last but one.

I've tried to change MAX_DISTANCE_AT_ZOOM at NonHierarchicalDistanceBasedAlgorithm.java but with no success. Any ideas??

Answer 1

Try to override shouldRenderAsCluster, so clustering starts from just 2 items:

When declaring the cluster manager:

    mClusterManager.setRenderer(new CustomRenderer<YOUR_TYPE>(getActivity(), googleMap, mClusterManager));

class CustomRenderer<T extends ClusterItem> extends DefaultClusterRenderer<T> {
    public CustomRenderer(Context context, GoogleMap map, ClusterManager<T> clusterManager) {
        super(context, map, clusterManager);
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean shouldRenderAsCluster(Cluster<T> cluster) {
        //start clustering if at least 2 items overlap
        return cluster.getSize() > 1;
    }
 ...
}