Android App Development for Motorola Devices

[cpick]

We also are getting the MyLocationOverlay to cause a FC

11-12 08:55:56.449 W/dalvikvm( 4020): threadid=3: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4000ff28)
11-12 08:55:56.449 E/AndroidRuntime( 4020): Uncaught handler: thread main exiting due to uncaught exception
11-12 08:55:56.479 E/AndroidRuntime( 4020): java.lang.ClassCastException: android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable
11-12 08:55:56.479 E/AndroidRuntime( 4020): at com.google.android.maps.MyLocationOverlay.getLocationDot(MyLocationOverlay.java:180)
11-12 08:55:56.479 E/AndroidRuntime( 4020): at com.google.android.maps.MyLocationOverlay.drawMyLocation(MyLocationOverlay.java:561)
11-12 08:55:56.479 E/AndroidRuntime( 4020): at com.froogloid.android.gspot.savemaplocation$MyLocationOverlay1.drawMyLocation(savemaplocation.java:473)
11-12 08:55:56.479 E/AndroidRuntime( 4020): at com.google.android.maps.MyLocationOverlay.draw(MyLocationOverlay.java:511)
11-12 08:55:56.479 E/AndroidRuntime( 4020): at com.google.android.maps.OverlayBundle.draw(OverlayBundle.java:45)

11-12 08:55:56.479 E/AndroidRuntime( 4020): at com.google.android.maps.MapView.onDraw(MapView.java:471)

I also reported this to Cyanogen, as they had the issue : http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=344#makechanges

Not sure what they did to fix  it, but they did fix it.. 

[karang]

Hi Guys,

My Apologies - Seems like I was not paying full attention while reading this issue - I just presumed it was Overlays and tested with normal Overlay - The issue is with "MyLocationOverlay". I too get the Force Close now. We are investigating this internally but my guess is that this may invovle verifying with Google about the Maps libraries we are using - We shall keep you'll informed. Thanks for reporting this issue.

Thanks,

Karan

[JCarpenter]

Any update on this issue? 

This is a frustrating issue because it effects so many applications. I suspect that you have included the wrong Google API library in your build and it seems like this should be a simple fix. I tested it on the 1.1.3.1 release and it remains broken. Possibly related to this is the Google Logo on the bottom right of MapView displays is missing. The box displays a red background most likely a missing resource.  

The two workarounds that I have now are:

1. Stop supporting cliq/dex until they upgrade to 1.6 by setting  <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" /> in your manifest. 

 2. Extend the MyLocationOverlay class and draw method and manually position the icon. 

- Another user has provided a Fixed class that you can implement 

You are free to use and adapt the source code as you see fit:

http://www.spectrekking.com/download/FixedMyLocationOverlay.java

And the accompanying drawable:

http://www.spectrekking.com/download/mylocation.png

 You can see how neither one are great solutions. Let me know if we can help push this issue forward at all. 

Thanks. 

[cpick]

Inside your MyLocationOverlay

You can put a try catch around the super() call.

That will prevent the dot from crashing the app. You can then use the location passed into MyLocationOverlay to manually draw the dot. If you need sample code let me know.. But should be pretty easy..