View a sample application that displays a location on a map
1.
From the BlackBerry® Integrated Development Environment, launch the
BlackBerryMapsDemo
project.
2.
In the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator, click
BlackBerry Maps Demo
.
3.
Open the menu and click
Invoke Location Document
.
4.
Open the menu and click
View Single Location
.
5.
To view more details, from the application menu, select
Details
.
Open BlackBerry Maps to display multiple locations on a map
1.
Import the following classes:
•
net.rim.blackberry.api.invoke.Invoke
•
net.rim.blackberry.api.invoke.MapsArguments
2.
Create a
String
that contains location information for multiple locations.
String document = "<location-document>" + "<location lon='-8030000'
lat='4326000' label='Kitchener, ON' description='Kitchener, Ontario,
Canada' />" + "<location lon='-7569792' lat='4542349' label='Ottawa, ON'
description='Ottawa, Ontario, Canada' />" + "</location-document>";
3.
Invoke
invokeApplication()
using the
APP_TYPE_MAPS
constant parameter, a new
MapsArguments
object that uses the
ARG_LOCATION_DOCUMENT
property, and the location
String
.
Invoke.invokeApplication(Invoke.APP_TYPE_MAPS, new MapsArguments
( MapsArguments.ARG_LOCATION_DOCUMENT, document));
Development Guide
Displaying location information on a BlackBerry device
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