How to draw circle around a pin using Google MAps API v2

Question

I am using the new API(Google Map API V2) for my android application, i have done creating the map and adding markers to it, now my task is to manually create a circle around any of the marker and also i want to provide a functionality to the user that he can increase the radius of that circle accordingly, for this i have given a bar, when user increases that bar the radius of circle will increase and vice versa.

If anybody knows how to do this using Google Map API V2 then please help,

thanks

Answer 1

I have been working on this too and I found the following solution. It's still not perfect, because I had to make a very large Canvas to prevent the edge of the circle from becoming blurry.

private void addCircleToMap() {

    // circle settings  
    int radiusM = // your radius in meters
    double latitude = // your center latitude
    double longitude = // your center longitude
    LatLng latLng = new LatLng(latitude,longitude);

    // draw circle
    int d = 500; // diameter 
    Bitmap bm = Bitmap.createBitmap(d, d, Config.ARGB_8888);
    Canvas c = new Canvas(bm);
    Paint p = new Paint();
    p.setColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.green));
    c.drawCircle(d/2, d/2, d/2, p);

    // generate BitmapDescriptor from circle Bitmap
    BitmapDescriptor bmD = BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromBitmap(bm);

// mapView is the GoogleMap
    mapView.addGroundOverlay(new GroundOverlayOptions().
            image(bmD).
            position(latLng,radiusM*2,radiusM*2).
            transparency(0.4f));
}

-- EDIT -- Google updated the API. You can now easily add a circle to your map: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/shapes?hl=nl#circles

Answer 2

Google made is simple in maps v2. The snippet below demonstrates both drawing markers and circles along with updating their positions together.

private Circle mCircle;
private Marker mMarker;
private GoogleMap mGoogleMap;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    mGoogleMap = ((MapFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.mapFragment)).getMap();
    mGoogleMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
    mGoogleMap.setOnMyLocationChangeListener(new GoogleMap.OnMyLocationChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onMyLocationChange(Location location) {
            LatLng latLng = new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude());
            if(mCircle == null || mMarker == null){
                drawMarkerWithCircle(latLng);
            }else{
                updateMarkerWithCircle(latLng);
            }
        }
    });
}

private void updateMarkerWithCircle(LatLng position) {
    mCircle.setCenter(position);
    mMarker.setPosition(position);
}

private void drawMarkerWithCircle(LatLng position){
    double radiusInMeters = 100.0;
    int strokeColor = 0xffff0000; //red outline
    int shadeColor = 0x44ff0000; //opaque red fill

    CircleOptions circleOptions = new CircleOptions().center(position).radius(radiusInMeters).fillColor(shadeColor).strokeColor(strokeColor).strokeWidth(8);
    mCircle = mGoogleMap.addCircle(circleOptions);

    MarkerOptions markerOptions = new MarkerOptions().position(position);
    mMarker = mGoogleMap.addMarker(markerOptions);
}