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Introduction and Example of Eventbus in Android.

EventBus is a library of Greenbot . This is very simple for all users how to implement and its basic use. Here I will also share examples for better understanding. What is EventBus? EventBus is subscribed/publish event bus to communication between components with limited lines of code, in short, its bus for events transfers the data between one activity(class) to another to reflect the changes based on our needs. That makes the data exchange between components like Activity, Fragment, Services, and any kind of backgrounds threads pretty easy. EventBus can handle the threading for us: events can be posted in threads different from the posting thread. Common use can be dealing with UI changes. In Android, UI changes must be done in the Main(UI) thread. In other words, networking or more time-consuming task cannot be handled in the Main thread, for that we must use AsyncTask or Handler to make it more smooth. Now we have one more options use EventBus to change the UI po...

Display Route in Google Maps API v2 on Android

I was looking for a way to get the route between 2 points and displayed in the Google Map using Google Maps API v2. After around many sites to get an actual idea of how to implement the Map Route in Android using Google Map API v2. First I will give you a small & simple description of the Map and Route. -    Route is just Poly-lines which is connected with each other. -    Google API gives routes between two locations. -    Also give Distance, Total Duration, etc. -    Just we want to give two coordinates between two locations (cities, states, etc.) Here I would like to share Google Map API v2 which displays Route between two locations. Please look below the Route between the two location images You can download full source code from here. AndroidMapV2Route Example AndroidMapV2Route.apk If you are satisfied with this post then please give your comments. Thanks for your interest!!!

Google Maps API v2 using Android

We know how to add Maps in Android Project. But here I would like to share Map Integration (Google Map API V2). Google has deprecated the Google Map API v1. From now we use Map API v2. For more details you can check developers document. https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/ Why Google Map API v2? The new Google Maps Android API v2 allows you to offer interactive, feature-rich maps to users of your Android application. Some features are: * Caching part is improved * Maps are now turn into 3D * Faster, smoother and use less bandwidth Google Play Service : Library As per new Google Map API v2 we need to add google_play_service_lib for reference to our project. You can found that library from this location. android-sdk\extras\google\google_play_services\libproject\google-play-services_lib Here I display screen shots in step by step to how to follow it. [Configure Android Key for Google Map v2] [Android API Key for Google Map v2] ...