New release of Google Maps Android API v2

[Chris Broadfoot (Google Employee)]

Hi all, 

We just released a new version of the Google Maps Android API v2. Perhaps most notably, this release adds map padding, which enables many interesting user interfaces, including full-bleed maps.

See the launch post, which includes a video demonstrating some of the new features:

http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/full-screen-maps-and-new-marker.html

New Features

- Added a setPadding method to the GoogleMap class that allows you to indicate parts of the map that may be obscured by other views. Setting padding re-positions the standard map controls, and camera updates will use the padded region. (Issue 4670, Issue 5321)

- Added the LatLngBounds.getCenter method. (Issue 4664)

- Added methods to Marker:

- setFlat, which toggles between billboarded (default) and flat markers. (Issue 4881)

- setInfoWindowAnchor. (Issue 5338, Issue 5131)

- setRotation.

Resolved issues

- GooglePlayServicesUtil.getErrorDialog always returns a dialog, except when Google Play services is available. (Issue 4720)

See here for past release notes: 

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/releases 

The API is distributed as part of the Google Play SDK. To start using the latest version, install the upgrade from the Android SDK Manager.

Please continue filing your bugs and feature requests in the issue tracker (https://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/). Additionally, if you have technical question, head over to Stack Overflow and tag your question with both “android” and “google-maps”. 

Chris Broadfoot

Google Maps Developer Relations