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Scalebar Plugin

Mappls Scalebar Plugin

Introduction

Mappls Scalebar Plugin can be used to add a scale bar on map view to determine distance based on zoom level.

Initalize ScaleBarPlugin in onMapReady()

Add the dependency

Add below dependency in app level build.gradle file

implementation 'com.mappls.sdk:scalebar-plugin:1.0.0'

Java

   ScaleBarPlugin scaleBarPlugin = new ScaleBarPlugin(mapView, mapplsMap);  
   ScaleBarOptions scaleBarOptions = new ScaleBarOptions(this)  
        .setTextColor(android.R.color.black)  
        .setTextSize(40f)  
        .setBarHeight(5f)

  scaleBarPlugin.create(scaleBarOptions);

Kotlin

  val scaleBarPlugin = ScaleBarPlugin(mapView, mapplsMap!!)  
  val scalebarOptions = ScaleBarOptions(this)  
        .setTextColor(android.R.color.black)  
        .setTextSize(40f)  
        .setBarHeight(5f)

  scaleBarPlugin.create(scalebarOptions)

You can use ScaleBarOptions to set the following properties:

  • setPrimaryColor(Integer) : To set primary color of scalebar
  • setSecondaryColor(Integer): To set secondary color of scalebar
  • setTextColor(Integer): To set the text color of text in scalebar
  • setTextSize(float): To set the text size in scalebar
  • setBarHeight(float): To set the height of scalebar
  • setBorderWidth(float): To set border width of scalebar
  • setRefreshInterval(Integer): To set refresh interval of scalebar
  • setMarginTop(Integer): To set top margin of scalebar
  • setMarginLeft(Integer): To set left margin of scalebar
  • setTextBarMargin(float): To set margin between text and scalebar
  • setMaxWidthRatio(float) : To set width ratio of scalebar
  • setShowTextBorder(Boolean): To show text border or not
  • setMetricUnit(Boolean): To use metric unit
  • setTextBorderWidth(float): To set border width of text

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