How to animate marker in android map api V2?
None of versions provided worked for me, so I've implemented my custom solution. It provides both - location and rotation animation.
/**
* Method to animate marker to destination location
* @param destination destination location (must contain bearing attribute, to ensure
* marker rotation will work correctly)
* @param marker marker to be animated
*/
public static void animateMarker(Location destination, Marker marker) {
if (marker != null) {
LatLng startPosition = marker.getPosition();
LatLng endPosition = new LatLng(destination.getLatitude(), destination.getLongitude());
float startRotation = marker.getRotation();
LatLngInterpolator latLngInterpolator = new LatLngInterpolator.LinearFixed();
ValueAnimator valueAnimator = ValueAnimator.ofFloat(0, 1);
valueAnimator.setDuration(1000); // duration 1 second
valueAnimator.setInterpolator(new LinearInterpolator());
valueAnimator.addUpdateListener(new ValueAnimator.AnimatorUpdateListener() {
@Override public void onAnimationUpdate(ValueAnimator animation) {
try {
float v = animation.getAnimatedFraction();
LatLng newPosition = latLngInterpolator.interpolate(v, startPosition, endPosition);
marker.setPosition(newPosition);
marker.setRotation(computeRotation(v, startRotation, destination.getBearing()));
} catch (Exception ex) {
// I don't care atm..
}
}
});
valueAnimator.start();
}
}
Rotation computation for specified fraction of animation. Marker is rotated in direction which is closer from start to end rotation:
private static float computeRotation(float fraction, float start, float end) {
float normalizeEnd = end - start; // rotate start to 0
float normalizedEndAbs = (normalizeEnd + 360) % 360;
float direction = (normalizedEndAbs > 180) ? -1 : 1; // -1 = anticlockwise, 1 = clockwise
float rotation;
if (direction > 0) {
rotation = normalizedEndAbs;
} else {
rotation = normalizedEndAbs - 360;
}
float result = fraction * rotation + start;
return (result + 360) % 360;
}
And finally Google's LatLngInterpolator:
private interface LatLngInterpolator {
LatLng interpolate(float fraction, LatLng a, LatLng b);
class LinearFixed implements LatLngInterpolator {
@Override
public LatLng interpolate(float fraction, LatLng a, LatLng b) {
double lat = (b.latitude - a.latitude) * fraction + a.latitude;
double lngDelta = b.longitude - a.longitude;
// Take the shortest path across the 180th meridian.
if (Math.abs(lngDelta) > 180) {
lngDelta -= Math.signum(lngDelta) * 360;
}
double lng = lngDelta * fraction + a.longitude;
return new LatLng(lat, lng);
}
}
}
Try out the below code to animate the marker on Google Map V2.
You need to use the Interpolator class to apply the animation on the Marker and handle it in the Handler for the animation as below:
public void animateMarker(final Marker marker, final LatLng toPosition, final boolean hideMarker) { final Handler handler = new Handler(); final long start = SystemClock.uptimeMillis(); Projection proj = mGoogleMapObject.getProjection(); Point startPoint = proj.toScreenLocation(marker.getPosition()); final LatLng startLatLng = proj.fromScreenLocation(startPoint); final long duration = 500; final Interpolator interpolator = new LinearInterpolator(); handler.post(new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { long elapsed = SystemClock.uptimeMillis() - start; float t = interpolator.getInterpolation((float) elapsed / duration); double lng = t * toPosition.longitude + (1 - t) * startLatLng.longitude; double lat = t * toPosition.latitude + (1 - t) * startLatLng.latitude; marker.setPosition(new LatLng(lat, lng)); if (t < 1.0) { // Post again 16ms later. handler.postDelayed(this, 16); } else { if (hideMarker) { marker.setVisible(false); } else { marker.setVisible(true); } } } }); }
Just implemented a version, try this
public class MarkerAnimation {
static GoogleMap map;
ArrayList<LatLng> _trips = new ArrayList<>() ;
Marker _marker;
LatLngInterpolator _latLngInterpolator = new LatLngInterpolator.Spherical();
public void animateLine(ArrayList<LatLng> Trips,GoogleMap map,Marker marker,Context current){
_trips.addAll(Trips);
_marker = marker;
animateMarker();
}
public void animateMarker() {
TypeEvaluator<LatLng> typeEvaluator = new TypeEvaluator<LatLng>() {
@Override
public LatLng evaluate(float fraction, LatLng startValue, LatLng endValue) {
return _latLngInterpolator.interpolate(fraction, startValue, endValue);
}
};
Property<Marker, LatLng> property = Property.of(Marker.class, LatLng.class, "position");
ObjectAnimator animator = ObjectAnimator.ofObject(_marker, property, typeEvaluator, _trips.get(0));
//ObjectAnimator animator = ObjectAnimator.o(view, "alpha", 0.0f);
animator.addListener(new Animator.AnimatorListener() {
@Override
public void onAnimationCancel(Animator animation) {
// animDrawable.stop();
}
@Override
public void onAnimationRepeat(Animator animation) {
// animDrawable.stop();
}
@Override
public void onAnimationStart(Animator animation) {
// animDrawable.stop();
}
@Override
public void onAnimationEnd(Animator animation) {
// animDrawable.stop();
if (_trips.size() > 1) {
_trips.remove(0);
animateMarker();
}
}
});
animator.setDuration(300);
animator.start();
}
LatLngInterpolator class is pre-written by Google guys which you can use as follows:
public interface LatLngInterpolator {
public LatLng interpolate(float fraction, LatLng a, LatLng b);
public class Spherical implements LatLngInterpolator {
@Override
public LatLng interpolate(float fraction, LatLng from, LatLng to) {
// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slerp
double fromLat = toRadians(from.latitude);
double fromLng = toRadians(from.longitude);
double toLat = toRadians(to.latitude);
double toLng = toRadians(to.longitude);
double cosFromLat = cos(fromLat);
double cosToLat = cos(toLat);
// Computes Spherical interpolation coefficients.
double angle = computeAngleBetween(fromLat, fromLng, toLat, toLng);
double sinAngle = sin(angle);
if (sinAngle < 1E-6) {
return from;
}
double a = sin((1 - fraction) * angle) / sinAngle;
double b = sin(fraction * angle) / sinAngle;
// Converts from polar to vector and interpolate.
double x = a * cosFromLat * cos(fromLng) + b * cosToLat * cos(toLng);
double y = a * cosFromLat * sin(fromLng) + b * cosToLat * sin(toLng);
double z = a * sin(fromLat) + b * sin(toLat);
// Converts interpolated vector back to polar.
double lat = atan2(z, sqrt(x * x + y * y));
double lng = atan2(y, x);
return new LatLng(toDegrees(lat), toDegrees(lng));
}
private double computeAngleBetween(double fromLat, double fromLng, double toLat, double toLng) {
// Haversine's formula
double dLat = fromLat - toLat;
double dLng = fromLng - toLng;
return 2 * asin(sqrt(pow(sin(dLat / 2), 2) +
cos(fromLat) * cos(toLat) * pow(sin(dLng / 2), 2)));
}
}
}
Then instantiate an object of the MarkerAnimation class and call the method like this:
MarkerAnimation.animateLine(TripPoints,map,MovingMarker,context);