google maps in jquery mobile

Question

When showing a google map in jquery mobile it appears (after reading the forums) that code like the following is required:

<div data-role="page" data-theme="b" class="page-map" style="width:100%; height:100%;">
    <div data-role="header"><h1>Map Page</h1></div>
    <div data-role="content" style="width:100%; height:100%; padding:0;"> 
        <div id="map_canvas" style="width:100%; height:100%;"></div>
    </div>
</div>

Taking away the height on outside div causes the div to drop to height 0 and the map not being displayed. I was hoping to get some dynamic text below the map (based on the contents on the) which length I do not know so I can't set an absolute height. Has anyone got a workaround for this problem?

Answer 1

This is not a Google maps related issue, the thing is, you need to SET a specific width and height for your Map canvas, your code could be rewritten like:

<div data-role="page" data-theme="b" class="page-map" style="width:100%; height:100%;">
    <div data-role="header"><h1>Map Page</h1></div>
    <div data-role="content" style="padding:0;">
        <div id="map_canvas" style="width:300px; height:300px;"></div>
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    </div>
</div>

Example link

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UPDATE: Have a look @Blowsie comment, you may also check the jquery-ui-map plugin.

Answer 2

There is an official example for this here: http://view.jquerymobile.com/master/demos/examples/maps/geolocation.php

HTML:

<div data-role="page" class="page-map">
    <script src="map.js"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="map.css" />

    <div data-role="header"><h1>Map View</h1></div>
    <div data-role="content"> 
        <div id="map-canvas">

            <!-- map loads here... -->
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

CSS:

.page-map, .ui-content, #map-canvas { width: 100%; height: 100%; padding: 0; }

Answer 3

Well here how I did it and it worked for me.

<div data-role="page" id="atm" data-theme="b">
<div data-role="header" data-theme="b" data-position="inline" class="classHeader"> 
        <a href="#home" data-icon="home" data-iconpos="notext" data-direction="reverse" class="ui-btn-left jqm-home">Options</a>
        <h1>Location</h1>
    </div>

    <div data-role="content" id="map_canvas"></div>

    <div data-role="footer" data-position="fixed" data-theme="b" class="classFooter">
        <h1>Copyright © 2011.</h1> 
    </div>

</div>

Then add these to your CSS File.

.classHeader{
height:10% !important;
}

.classFooter{
height:10% !important;
}

#map_canvas{
padding-top:10%;
padding-bottom:10%;
height:auto;
position:absolute;
width:100%;
height:88%;
max-height:1600px;
overflow:hidden;
display:block;
}

This is working perfectly for me.