android mapview custom tile

Question

I need to add a custom base layer to to my map view. My understanding is that the map tiles are exactly the same as the google tiles. They are static files served up in the following format: http:///tilecache///.png

For example, the http:///tilecache/6/16/26.png is the gulf coast between florida alabama and mississippi.

How do I create an overlay with the tiles?

Answer 1

osmdroid (as recommended above) is cool but quite huge. Some time ago I decided to use http://sourceforge.net/projects/libwlocate/ instead - it contains functionalities for showing/scrolling/zooming maps like osmdroid but you can choose to use OSM, Google Maps or Google satellite view.

An example how to use it can be found in http://libwlocate.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libwlocate/libwlocate;a=blob;f=master/android/LocDemo/src/com/vwp/locdemo/LocDemo.java;h=5e2134fb7d197258f5f4f6f9021d2fa9ad9f2d9a;hb=HEAD