Interview Questions

You can use the following questions as a guide to consolidate your understanding of this chapter:

  1. Can a MapView be used without a MapActivity? Hint: this is why you can't currently use a MapView inside a fragment.
  2. How is a Maps API key related to your keystore certificate?
  3. What are the two changes you need to make to a maps application's AndroidManifest.xml file to make the app work? Why?
  4. What are different ways to do zooming with maps?
  5. What do you set to allow a map to be moved sideways?
  6. What is an ItemizedOverlay used for?
  7. How do you get rid of a marker's shadow?
  8. Why do you call setBounds() on a marker Drawable?
  9. Why would you want to restrict how many results come back from Geocoder?
  10. When would it make sense to use the ...

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