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Show and hide layers

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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_style_show_hide_layers
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
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.ShowHideLayersActivity">

<com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapView
android:id="@+id/mapView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
mapbox:mapbox_cameraTargetLat="-13.517379300798098"
mapbox:mapbox_cameraTargetLng="-71.97722138410576"
mapbox:mapbox_cameraZoom="15"/>

<com.google.android.material.floatingactionbutton.FloatingActionButton
android:id="@+id/fab_layer_toggle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="end|bottom"
android:layout_margin="16dp"
android:src="@drawable/ic_layers_24dp"
tools:backgroundTint="@color/colorAccent"/>

</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
ShowHideLayersActivity.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 android.view.View;

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.CircleLayer;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.Layer;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.sources.VectorSource;

import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.Property.NONE;
import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.Property.VISIBLE;
import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.circleColor;
import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.circleRadius;
import static com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.style.layers.PropertyFactory.visibility;

/**
* Toggle visibility of a dataset with a Button.
*/
public class ShowHideLayersActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

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_style_show_hide_layers);
mapView = findViewById(R.id.mapView);
mapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
mapView.getMapAsync(new OnMapReadyCallback() {
@Override
public void onMapReady(@NonNull MapboxMap mapboxMap) {
ShowHideLayersActivity.this.mapboxMap = mapboxMap;
mapboxMap.setStyle(Style.LIGHT, new Style.OnStyleLoaded() {
@Override
public void onStyleLoaded(@NonNull Style style) {
style.addSource(
new VectorSource("museums_source", "mapbox://mapbox.2opop9hr")
);

CircleLayer museumsLayer = new CircleLayer("museums", "museums_source");
museumsLayer.setSourceLayer("museum-cusco");
museumsLayer.setProperties(
visibility(VISIBLE),
circleRadius(8f),
circleColor(Color.argb(255, 55, 148, 179))
);
style.addLayer(museumsLayer);

findViewById(R.id.fab_layer_toggle).setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
toggleLayer();
}
});
}
});
}
});
}


private void toggleLayer() {
mapboxMap.getStyle(new Style.OnStyleLoaded() {
@Override
public void onStyleLoaded(@NonNull Style style) {
Layer layer = style.getLayer("museums");
if (layer != null) {
if (VISIBLE.equals(layer.getVisibility().getValue())) {
layer.setProperties(visibility(NONE));
} else {
layer.setProperties(visibility(VISIBLE));
}
}
}
});
}

@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);
}
}