How To Replace Marker Image With Textview In Google Maps Api For Android?

I have looked everywhere , yet i can not find an answer . I want to display the marker info right away, without the need to click on it in order to see the info . I tried all answ

Solution 1:

I used the example provided at: Google Maps Android API Utility Library
specifically this github demo code class

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package com.google.maps.android.utils.demo;

import android.graphics.Color;
import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
import android.text.style.StyleSpan;

import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdateFactory;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.BitmapDescriptorFactory;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions;
import com.google.maps.android.ui.IconGenerator;

import static android.graphics.Typeface.BOLD;
import static android.graphics.Typeface.ITALIC;
import static android.text.Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE;

public class IconGeneratorDemoActivity extends BaseDemoActivity {

    @Override
    protected void startDemo() {
        getMap().moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(new LatLng(-33.8696, 151.2094), 10));

        IconGenerator iconFactory = new IconGenerator(this);
        addIcon(iconFactory, "Default", new LatLng(-33.8696, 151.2094));

        iconFactory.setColor(Color.CYAN);
        addIcon(iconFactory, "Custom color", new LatLng(-33.9360, 151.2070));

        iconFactory.setRotation(90);
        iconFactory.setStyle(IconGenerator.STYLE_RED);
        addIcon(iconFactory, "Rotated 90 degrees", new LatLng(-33.8858, 151.096));

        iconFactory.setContentRotation(-90);
        iconFactory.setStyle(IconGenerator.STYLE_PURPLE);
        addIcon(iconFactory, "Rotate=90, ContentRotate=-90", new LatLng(-33.9992, 151.098));

        iconFactory.setRotation(0);
        iconFactory.setContentRotation(90);
        iconFactory.setStyle(IconGenerator.STYLE_GREEN);
        addIcon(iconFactory, "ContentRotate=90", new LatLng(-33.7677, 151.244));

        iconFactory.setRotation(0);
        iconFactory.setContentRotation(0);
        iconFactory.setStyle(IconGenerator.STYLE_ORANGE);
        addIcon(iconFactory, makeCharSequence(), new LatLng(-33.77720, 151.12412));
    }

    private void addIcon(IconGenerator iconFactory, CharSequence text, LatLng position) {
        MarkerOptions markerOptions = new MarkerOptions().
                icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromBitmap(iconFactory.makeIcon(text))).
                position(position).
                anchor(iconFactory.getAnchorU(), iconFactory.getAnchorV());

        getMap().addMarker(markerOptions);
    }

    private CharSequence makeCharSequence() {
        String prefix = "Mixing ";
        String suffix = "different fonts";
        String sequence = prefix + suffix;
        SpannableStringBuilder ssb = new SpannableStringBuilder(sequence);
        ssb.setSpan(new StyleSpan(ITALIC), 0, prefix.length(), SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
        ssb.setSpan(new StyleSpan(BOLD), prefix.length(), sequence.length(), SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
        return ssb;
    }
}