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In this article i will show you  the different steps to follow to create your first Google Maps application. We will also demonstarte some usefull options that  give your application more flexibility and performance. Creating the Project Using Eclipse, create a new Android Project and name it   MapsDemo as  shown in Figure 1 Figure 1 Obtaining a Maps API Key Before you integrate Google Maps in your Application, you need  to apply for a Free  Google Maps API Key. To apply for key follow the steps  below. You can refrence to Google's documentation for more  details. First, find  this file ( debug.keystore )    and copy it (for simplicity) in c:\\Android(Create a folder named Andrioid under c:\\) Extract the MD5 fingerpoint using the keytool.exe included with your JDK installation.You can find the  keytool.exe under  " C:\Program Files\Java\<JDK_version_number>\bin " folder. keytool.exe -list -alias andro...

Sometimes you are invited to update the string label of your title bar activity at runtime. To do this,  we start by adding a new xml file of the  custom view  to be  use as  a new layout for the title bar view. We use in this example a textView view  to update the title's string. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/screen"     android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"     android:orientation="vertical">        <TextView android:id="@+id/custom_text"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"          /> </RelativeLayout> In the main.xml  file, we use ...

A  simple way to style portions of text in  TextView Objects  is by using a string resource; you can add some  simple styling, such as blod or italic using HTML notion. For example, in res/value/strings.xml you could declare this: <string name="quickfacts">  <b>Inhabitant in Tunisia:</b>"\n" ca 10 million "\n\n" <b>Official Language:</b>"\n" Arabic (French as a second language)"\n\n"  <b>Currency</b>"\n" Tunisian Dinar (TND)"\n\n" <b>Country Code:</b>"\n" 216"\n\n" <b>Time Zone:</b>"\n" GMT + 1 hour"\n\n" <b>Religion:</b>"\n" Islam"\n\n" </string> Styling text diaplayed in a textView objetct:

To customize the Android Title bar you need to define custom styles and apply those styles to a custom theme. Under the folder "Values"  create your "styles.xml"  file. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <!--    Changing the text style of title bar-->     <style name="CustomTitleBarText" parent="android:TextAppearance.WindowTitle">           <item name="android:textSize">18dip</item>           <item name="android:textColor">#FFFFFF</item>           <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>                      </style>      <!-- Changes the background color of the title bar -->      <style name="CustomTitleBarBackground">            ...