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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. The dependencies can be found here.The examples use View binding.See setup documention if necessary.

activity_style_geojson_layer_in_stack
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:mapbox="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".examples.styles.GeojsonLayerInStackActivity">

    <com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapView
        android:id="@+id/mapView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        mapbox:mapbox_cameraTargetLat="33.749909"
        mapbox:mapbox_cameraTargetLng="-84.381546"
        mapbox:mapbox_cameraZoom="8.471903"/>

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

import android.graphics.Color;
import android.os.Bundle;

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.FillLayer;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.sources.GeoJsonSource;

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.fillColor;
import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.fillOpacity;

/**
 * Using the second argument of addLayer, you can add a layer below existing one
 */
public class GeojsonLayerInStackActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

  private MapView mapView;

  @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_geojson_layer_in_stack);

    mapView = findViewById(R.id.mapView);
    mapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    mapView.getMapAsync(new OnMapReadyCallback() {
      @Override
      public void onMapReady(@NonNull final MapboxMap mapboxMap) {

        mapboxMap.setStyle(Style.MAPBOX_STREETS, new Style.OnStyleLoaded() {
          @Override
          public void onStyleLoaded(@NonNull Style style) {
            try {
              GeoJsonSource urbanAreasSource = new GeoJsonSource("urban-areas",
                new URI("https://d2ad6b4ur7yvpq.cloudfront.net/naturalearth-3.3.0/ne_50m_urban_areas.geojson"));
              style.addSource(urbanAreasSource);

              FillLayer urbanArea = new FillLayer("urban-areas-fill", "urban-areas");

              urbanArea.setProperties(
                fillColor(Color.parseColor("#ff0088")),
                fillOpacity(0.4f)
              );

              style.addLayerBelow(urbanArea, "water");
            } catch (URISyntaxException uriSyntaxException) {
              uriSyntaxException.printStackTrace();
            }
          }
        });
      }
    });
  }

  @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);
  }
}
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