Google map displaying only blank tiles android

Question

I have implemented google map in my app.But its display only blank grids.I have done changes in AndroidManifest.xml file and also included API key in layout file of map activity.

Answer 1

This may sound silly, but I kept encountering this problem until I realized that the <uses-permission> tags need to be direct children to the <manifest> element, rather than the <application> element. I had erroneously been putting them right after the <uses-library> tag. So the final structure of your AndroidManifest.xml file should be something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest ... >
    <uses-sdk ... />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>

    <application ... >
        <activity ... >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

        <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" />

    </application>
</manifest>

Hope this helps anyone who was making the same mistake!

Answer 2

I was having the same problems until I realised that in the API console I had enabled

Google Maps API v2

and not the

Google Maps Android API v2

Once I enabled it everything was fine.