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copied!<p>It looks like the correct mechanism to do this is to extend MyLocationOverlay then override the drawMyLocation() protected method.</p> <p>The following uses an arrow to show where "you" are and which way "you" are pointing:</p> <p><code></p> <pre><code>package com.example; import android.content.Context; import android.graphics.Bitmap; import android.graphics.BitmapFactory; import android.graphics.Canvas; import android.graphics.Matrix; import android.graphics.Point; import android.location.Location; import com.google.android.maps.GeoPoint; import com.google.android.maps.MapView; import com.google.android.maps.MyLocationOverlay; public class MyCustomLocationOverlay extends MyLocationOverlay { private Context mContext; private float mOrientation; public MyCustomLocationOverlay(Context context, MapView mapView) { super(context, mapView); mContext = context; } @Override protected void drawMyLocation(Canvas canvas, MapView mapView, Location lastFix, GeoPoint myLocation, long when) { // translate the GeoPoint to screen pixels Point screenPts = mapView.getProjection().toPixels(myLocation, null); // create a rotated copy of the marker Bitmap arrowBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource( mContext.getResources(), R.drawable.arrow_green); Matrix matrix = new Matrix(); matrix.postRotate(mOrientation); Bitmap rotatedBmp = Bitmap.createBitmap( arrowBitmap, 0, 0, arrowBitmap.getWidth(), arrowBitmap.getHeight(), matrix, true ); // add the rotated marker to the canvas canvas.drawBitmap( rotatedBmp, screenPts.x - (rotatedBmp.getWidth() / 2), screenPts.y - (rotatedBmp.getHeight() / 2), null ); } public void setOrientation(float newOrientation) { mOrientation = newOrientation; } } </code></pre> <p></code></p>

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