How to move the Android Google Maps API Compass Position

Question

Does anyone know if you can change the compass position within the map?

All I can find is how to enable or disable it. But I need to move it down a bit so my overlay is not obstructing it.

Answer 1

Use GoogleMap.setPadding() method:

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/map#map_padding

Answer 2

@Override public void onMapReady(GoogleMap map) {      try {         final ViewGroup parent = (ViewGroup) mMapView.findViewWithTag("GoogleMapMyLocationButton").getParent();         parent.post(new Runnable() {             @Override             public void run() {                 try {                     Resources r = getResources();                     //convert our dp margin into pixels                     int marginPixels = (int)TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 20, r.getDisplayMetrics());                     // Get the map compass view                     View mapCompass = parent.getChildAt(4);                      // create layoutParams, giving it our wanted width and height(important, by default the width is "match parent")                     RelativeLayout.LayoutParams rlp = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(mapCompass.getHeight(),mapCompass.getHeight());                     // position on top right                     rlp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_LEFT, 0);                     rlp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_TOP);                     rlp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_RIGHT);                     rlp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_BOTTOM, 0);                     //give compass margin                     rlp.setMargins(marginPixels, marginPixels, marginPixels, marginPixels);                     mapCompass.setLayoutParams(rlp);                 } catch (Exception ex) {                     ex.printStackTrace();                 }             }         });     } catch (Exception ex) {         ex.printStackTrace();     }  }