N=40 First Part of Maps on Android - N+1

Today we move on to maps on Android.

 
This maps tutorial follows on from:

• N=37 - http://slodge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/n37-maps-and-zombies-part-1-n1-days-of.html
• N=38 - http://slodge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/n38-more-maps-and-more-zombies.html

To get maps working we use the Google Play Services component - see https://components.xamarin.com/gettingstarted/googleplayservices for how get started on this.



For demos in the video, I use a real device - sorry for the bad camera work!



If you want to try to get maps working on an emulator, then I recommend you take a look at http://www.genymotion.com/ - although I don't think this plays nicely with the WP8 emulator or with the Intel HAXM driver either :(



The source code for today is on: https://github.com/slodge/NPlus1DaysOfMvvmCross/tree/master/N-40-Maps



The video:







Sorry again about the demos by hand rather than in a simulator - and for the pauses while I gather my thoughts each time :)


For a full and wonderful N+1 index, see: http://mvvmcross.wordpress.com/