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Animate the map camera

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

activity_camera_animate
<?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.camera.AnimateMapCameraActivity">

<com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapView
android:id="@+id/mapView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
mapbox:mapbox_cameraTargetLat="51.50325"
mapbox:mapbox_cameraTargetLng="-0.11968"
mapbox:mapbox_cameraZoom="15"/>

</FrameLayout>
AnimateMapCameraActivity.java
package com.mapbox.mapboxandroiddemo.examples.camera;

import android.os.Bundle;
import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.mapbox.mapboxandroiddemo.R;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.Mapbox;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.camera.CameraPosition;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.camera.CameraUpdateFactory;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.geometry.LatLng;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapView;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapboxMap;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.OnMapReadyCallback;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.Style;

/**
* Animate the map's camera position, tilt, bearing, and zoom.
*/
public class AnimateMapCameraActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements OnMapReadyCallback,
MapboxMap.OnMapClickListener {

private MapView mapView;
private MapboxMap mapboxMap;

@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_camera_animate);

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

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

AnimateMapCameraActivity.this.mapboxMap = mapboxMap;

mapboxMap.setStyle(Style.MAPBOX_STREETS, new Style.OnStyleLoaded() {
@Override
public void onStyleLoaded(@NonNull Style style) {

// Toast instructing user to tap on the map
Toast.makeText(
AnimateMapCameraActivity.this,
getString(R.string.tap_on_map_instruction),
Toast.LENGTH_LONG
).show();

mapboxMap.addOnMapClickListener(AnimateMapCameraActivity.this);
}
});
}

@Override
public boolean onMapClick(@NonNull LatLng point) {

// Toast instructing user to tap on the map
Toast.makeText(
AnimateMapCameraActivity.this,
getString(R.string.tap_on_map_instruction),
Toast.LENGTH_LONG
).show();

CameraPosition position = new CameraPosition.Builder()
.target(new LatLng(51.50550, -0.07520)) // Sets the new camera position
.zoom(17) // Sets the zoom
.bearing(180) // Rotate the camera
.tilt(30) // Set the camera tilt
.build(); // Creates a CameraPosition from the builder

mapboxMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory
.newCameraPosition(position), 7000);

return true;
}

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

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

@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
if (mapboxMap != null) {
mapboxMap.removeOnMapClickListener(this);
}
mapView.onDestroy();
}
}