Google Map Gradient Polylines for Android?

Question

The question of how to do gradient polylines has been asked a number of times, however, I want to know if this comes built in for Android. In the following post, this question is poised and someone answered that as of May 2015, there was still no gradient polylines for Android:

colourful polylines in android maps api v2

I have combed through all the documentation I can find and do not see anything about a gradient polyline function. Am I missing it? Because iOS has had this capability for three years now.

https://maps-apis.googleblog.com/2014/02/gradient-polylines-and-structured.html

I can't imagine that Google is prioritizing iOS over Android. Or are they? Here is the documentation I have checked:

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-api/polygon-tutorial

https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/maps/model/PolylineOptions

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-api/groundoverlay

If someone can point me in the right direction that would be helpful. Or at least confirm that Android has been ignored in respect to gradient polylines.

Answer 1

It looks like this is not implemented yet in Google Maps Android API.

You can see the following feature requests:

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/35828754

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/35821835

At this point I think Google didn't set a high priority on these tasks. You can star these feature requests to add your vote and subscribe to further notifications.

Answer 2

It is is available from Maps SDK 3.1.0 (beta): https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-sdk/v310-beta#creating_a_gradient_polyline