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    copied!<p>I have been able to create a <code>mapview</code> from a tutorial online. That's working fine now. However, I want to learn how to add my current location? I have been through several tutorials but can't get my head around it. Any ideas? This is the code i'll be working from. </p> <p>MainActivity.java</p> <pre><code> package com.example.midlandtest; import android.app.Activity; import android.location.Location; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.Menu; import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdateFactory; import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap; import com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment; import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.BitmapDescriptorFactory; import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng; import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLngBounds; import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.Marker; import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions; public class MainActivity extends Activity { static final LatLng HAMBURG = new LatLng(53.28000, -7.49000); static final LatLng KIEL = new LatLng(53.274823, -7.492655); private GoogleMap map; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); map = ((MapFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map)) .getMap(); Marker hamburg = map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(HAMBURG) .title("Tullamore")); Marker kiel = map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions() .position(KIEL) .title("Midlands Regional Authority") .snippet("Hey :-)") .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory .fromResource(R.drawable.ic_launcher))); // Move the camera instantly to hamburg with a zoom of 15. map.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(HAMBURG, 15)); // Zoom in, animating the camera. map.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo(10), 2000, null); } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu); return true; } } </code></pre> <p>Manifest.xml</p> <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt; &lt;manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.example.midlandtest" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" &gt; &lt;uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="15" android:targetSdkVersion="17" /&gt; &lt;permission android:name="com.example.midlandtest.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" android:protectionLevel="signature" /&gt; &lt;uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" android:required="true" /&gt; &lt;uses-permission android:name="com.example.midlandtest.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" /&gt; &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /&gt; &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /&gt; &lt;uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" /&gt; &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" /&gt; &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" /&gt; &lt;application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/AppTheme" &gt; &lt;activity android:name="com.example.midlandtest.MainActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" &gt; &lt;intent-filter&gt; &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt; &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /&gt; &lt;/intent-filter&gt; &lt;/activity&gt; &lt;meta-data android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY" android:value="-" /&gt; &lt;/application&gt; &lt;/manifest&gt; </code></pre> <p>main.xml</p> <pre><code>&lt;RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" tools:context=".MainActivity" &gt; &lt;fragment android:id="@+id/map" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" class="com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment" /&gt; &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt; </code></pre>
 

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