Hide markers info window in android google maps API v2

Question

Currently I was able to view all my markers in Google maps using Android Google maps API v2.

Adding my marker in map:

mapView.addMarker
     (new MarkerOptions()
      .position(aUsersLocation).
      icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromBitmap(aUserImage))
      .snippet(My_VALUE_1)
      .title(My_VALUE_2)
     .hideInfoWindow();

I have several markers and assigned few values (My_VALUE_1 and My_VALUE_2) to each marker's snippet and title. When user clicks a marker, I need these unique value and I will receive these values in onMarkerClick listener as:

        @Override
        public boolean onMarkerClick(Marker theMarker) 
        {
            String aValue1 = theMarker.getSnippet();
            String aValue2 = theMarker.getTitle();
            theMarker.getPosition().latitude...
           ...
            return false;
        }

My question is: as I am adding the snippet and title values to the marker, when user clicks the marker, infoWindow is displayed.

I need to hide the marker's infoWindow. I tried with hideInfoWindow, but it seems to be not working.

Any suggestions please.

Thank You.

Solution 1

return true;

from onMarkerClick to disable default behavior of showing info window and centering on the marker.

Solution 2

If you use clusters, write so:

private var clusterManager: ClusterManager<SomeClusterItem>? = null

override fun onMapReady(googleMap: GoogleMap) {
    this.googleMap = googleMap

    clusterManager = ClusterManager(context!!, googleMap)
    ... // Other clusterManager and clusterRenderer initializations.

    clusterManager!!.setOnClusterItemClickListener { item ->
        // selectMarker(item)
        true // false, if you want to show InfoWindow.
    }
}

Comments

[saschoar]

By the way, if you'd still like to keep the map center animation to the marker (but just want to keep the info window hidden), just add mapView.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(marker.g‌​etPosition())); before you return true;

[deimos1988]

Thank you both very much for your answer/comment!

[Hitesh Dhamshaniya]

What if I just wanted to show info window but not move center animation. can you please suggest solution for that problem.

[MaciejGórski]

@HiteshDhamshaniya Then I guess you call marker.showInfoWindow() and return true which indicates the click is handled by your code.

[Hitesh Dhamshaniya]

@MaciejGórski Thanks reply.