Android How to - Intent to show a map

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An application to show a map.

Example

package com.java2s.app;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
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public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        LinearLayout parentContainer = new LinearLayout(this);
        parentContainer.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
                LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT));
        parentContainer.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);

        Button button = new Button(this);
        parentContainer.addView(button);
        button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                Intent i = new
                        Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                        Uri.parse("geo:37.827500,-122.481670"));
                startActivity(i);
            }
        });

        setContentView(parentContainer);
    }
}

Note

In order to display the Maps application, you need to run the application on an AVD that supports the Google APIs.

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