What is the proper way to change look of MapView zoom controls in Android?

Question

What is the proper way to change look of MapView zoom controls in Android?

I want to repoduce zoom button from new google maps.

Answer 1

i have done this.the default controls come on the bottom of the map and i wanted it to be top of the map.i used this.

<com.google.android.maps.MapView
    android:layout_below="@+id/layout_zoom" 
    android:id="@+id/mapview" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:clickable="true" 
    android:apiKey="key" />



<ZoomControls android:id="@+id/zoomControls" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"></ZoomControls>   

then in the MapActivity class set zoom controls

 MapView mp = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapview);
    ZoomControls zoomControls = (ZoomControls) findViewById(R.id.zoomControls);
    zoomControls
            .setOnZoomInClickListener(new ZoomControls.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    mp.getController().zoomIn();
                }
            });
    zoomControls
            .setOnZoomOutClickListener(new ZoomControls.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    mp.getController().zoomOut();
                }
            });

you can set this listeners to your own button also. hope it will help.