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Hillshading

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Note

This example is a part of the Mapbox Android Demo app. You can find the values for all referenced resources in the res directory. For example, see res/values/activity_strings.xml for R.string.* references used in this example.

activity_style_hillshade
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">

<com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapView
android:id="@id/mapView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:mapbox_cameraTargetLat="46.133872"
app:mapbox_cameraTargetLng="8.5274353171"
app:mapbox_cameraZoom="7.10806931333"/>

</FrameLayout>
HillShadeActivity.java
package com.mapbox.mapboxandroiddemo.examples.styles;

import android.graphics.Color;
import android.os.Bundle;
import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import com.mapbox.mapboxandroiddemo.R;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.Mapbox;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapView;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapboxMap;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.OnMapReadyCallback;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.Style;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.HillshadeLayer;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.sources.RasterDemSource;

import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.hillshadeHighlightColor;
import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.hillshadeShadowColor;

/**
* Use terrain data to show hills and use runtime styling to style the hill shading.
*/
public class HillShadeActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements
OnMapReadyCallback {

private MapView mapView;
private static final String LAYER_ID = "hillshade-layer";
private static final String SOURCE_ID = "hillshade-source";
private static final String SOURCE_URL = "mapbox://mapbox.terrain-rgb";
private static final String HILLSHADE_HIGHLIGHT_COLOR = "#008924";

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

// Mapbox access token is configured here. This needs to be called either in your application
// object or in the same activity which contains the mapview.
Mapbox.getInstance(this, getString(R.string.access_token));

// This contains the MapView in XML and needs to be called after the access token is configured.
setContentView(R.layout.activity_style_hillshade);

mapView = findViewById(R.id.mapView);
mapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
mapView.getMapAsync(this);
}

@Override
public void onMapReady(@NonNull final MapboxMap mapboxMap) {

mapboxMap.setStyle(Style.OUTDOORS, new Style.OnStyleLoaded() {
@Override
public void onStyleLoaded(@NonNull Style style) {
// Add hillshade data source to map
RasterDemSource rasterDemSource = new RasterDemSource(SOURCE_ID, SOURCE_URL);
style.addSource(rasterDemSource);

// Create and style a hillshade layer to add to the map
HillshadeLayer hillshadeLayer = new HillshadeLayer(LAYER_ID, SOURCE_ID).withProperties(
hillshadeHighlightColor(Color.parseColor(HILLSHADE_HIGHLIGHT_COLOR)),
hillshadeShadowColor(Color.BLACK)
);

// Add the hillshade layer to the map
style.addLayerBelow(hillshadeLayer, "aerialway");
}
});
}

// Add the mapView lifecycle to the activity's lifecycle methods
@Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
mapView.onResume();
}

@Override
protected void onStart() {
super.onStart();
mapView.onStart();
}

@Override
protected void onStop() {
super.onStop();
mapView.onStop();
}

@Override
public void onPause() {
super.onPause();
mapView.onPause();
}

@Override
public void onLowMemory() {
super.onLowMemory();
mapView.onLowMemory();
}

@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
mapView.onDestroy();
}

@Override
protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
mapView.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
}
}