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Google Map is not loading for the first time

I am using Google Maps JavaScript API to load map inside my mobile website. When I navigate from the previous page map won't load but if I refresh the page map load as expected. If I use the JavaScript inside the body even the page is not loading. I can't figure out the problem. Is it something with the previous page code ?

Here is my code in Head tag.

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/jquery.mobile-1.1.0.min.css" />  
<link href="css/site.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="./js/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.1.0/jquery.mobile-1.1.0.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" 
src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=xxxxxxxx&sensor=false">
</script>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            function initialize() {
                var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(<?php echo $longtitude ?>, <?php echo $latitude ?>);

                var mapOptions = {
                  zoom: 10,
                  center: myLatlng,
                  mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
                };

                var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map-canvas"), mapOptions);

                var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
                    position: myLatlng,
                    map: map,
                    title: 'Location'
                });
            }
             google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);

             $(document).delegate('#content', 'pageinit', function () {
               navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(initialize);
                });
        </script>
</head> 

Here is my Body Tag

<body >
    <div id="wrapper">
        <div class="header">
            <a href="index.html"><img src="images/logo-small.png" alt="logo"/></a>
        </div>
        <div class="back">
        <a data-rel="back"><img src="images/back.png"/></a>
    </div> 
        <div id="content">
            <div class="list">
                <div class="list-items" id="info">
                    <?php echo "<h3>$sa1<span>$postcode<span>$sa2</span></span></h3><h2>$price</h2>";?>
                <br class="clear" />
                <br class="clear" />
                </div>
            </div>
            <br class="clear" />
        <div id="map-canvas">
        </div>
    </div>
    </div>
</body>

I refer question This and This but it's not working with my code.

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Chrishan Avatar asked Apr 08 '13 06:04

Chrishan


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2 Answers

Problems

First of all, why are you using jQuery Mobile? I don't see the point in your current example.

In this case jQuery Mobile is the main problem. Because jQuery Mobile is used everything will be loaded into the DOM. When you "navigate from the previous page" page is not refreshed and this line:

google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);

can't trigger. It will trigger only if you manually refresh the page.

Second thing, you cant use jQuery Mobile page events without having any page what so ever. In your code you have this part:

$(document).delegate('#content', 'pageinit', function () {
    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(initialize);
});

For it to initialize successfully div with an id content MUST have another attribute called data-role="page", like this:

<div id="content" data-role="page">

</div>

Third thing. Lets assume everything else is ok. Pageinit will not trigger from the HEAD. When jQuery Mobile loads pages it loads them into the DOM and only BODY part will be loaded. So for your map to work you need to move our javascript to the BODY (including a css). In you first example it didnt worked because you were triggering page even on a non-page div container.

And last thing, if you want to use jQuery Mobile properly you will need to take care correct version of jQuery is used with a correct version of jQuery Mobile. If you want to be safe use jQ 1.8.3 with jQM 1.2

Solution

Here's a working solution:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>jQM Complex Demo</title>
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; minimum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=no; target-densityDpi=device-dpi"/>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.2.0/jquery.mobile-1.2.0.min.css" />
        <script src="http://www.dragan-gaic.info/js/jquery-1.8.2.min.js"></script>          
        <script src="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.2.0/jquery.mobile-1.2.0.min.js"></script>                  
    </head>
    <body>
        <style>
            #map-canvas {
                width: 300px;
                height: 300px;
            }
        </style>            
        <script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=true"></script>       
        <script type="text/javascript">
            function initialize() {     
                var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(33.89342, -84.30715);

                var mapOptions = {
                  zoom: 10,
                  center: myLatlng,
                  mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
                };

                var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map-canvas"), mapOptions);

                var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
                    position: myLatlng,
                    map: map,
                    title: 'Location'
                });
            }

            //google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
            
            $(document).on('pageshow', '#wrapper', function(e, data){       
                initialize();
            });             
        </script>   
        <div id="wrapper" data-role="page">
            <div class="header">
                <h3>Test</h3>
                <a href="index.html"><img src="images/logo-small.png" alt="logo"/></a>
            </div>
            <div id="content">
                <div id="map-canvas"></div>
            </div>
        </div>  
    </body>
</html>   

Working examples and much more information regarding this topic can be found in this ARTICLE.

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Gajotres Avatar answered Oct 07 '22 01:10

Gajotres


just add: data-ajax="false" to the link tag which redirects to the page that contains your map. for example, if map.aspx contains your map, you can link to it like this:

<a href="map.aspx" data-ajax="false">
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Amir Shirazi Avatar answered Oct 07 '22 00:10

Amir Shirazi