Android - offline, non-vector based, custom maps

Question

For an application I am working on, I need to display custom raster image tiles (not vector based, probably from satellite imagery), and I need to do so offline. I would like to use the MapView, but I cannot see a way to tell it to use custom, offline map tiles instead of pulling down data from google's servers.

I've seen a few alternatives, but none seem appropriate to my need

MapDroyd Seems to only support vector-based maps. mapdroyd.com/

OSMDroid Appears to use Open Street Maps; I don't see any documentation anywhere stating that you can use custom map tiles. code.google.com/p/osmdroid/

There was a third alternative, but my post got eaten and I can't find it in my history.

Am I going to have to bite the bullet and 'roll my own'?

Answer 1

I believe that OpenLayers has the functionality you require, but I don't know whether it runs under Android.

In particular, see this OpenLayers wiki page about how to use your own custom tiles.

Answer 2

Am I going to have to bite the bullet and 'roll my own'?

Ummm, how do you like the taste of lead? ;-)

Seriously, Google Maps is closed source, and I know of no API to change up the map tiles. I'd be shocked if there is one.

What you might do is try to team up with OSMDroid to make a more generic MapDroid that has pluggable tile sources.

The only other mapping solution I know of for Android, besides the ones you list, is the one from Ericsson Labs, and that is both closed-source and vector, which probably makes it useless for you.