Android Tutorial Delhi.: Google-Map-with-Android

Google Map Api Integration in Android Device

Hello Friend,

In this post i am providing the information how to integrate Google map API in own android Application.

API means Application programmer interface, it faciliate you to add some extra feature that provided by third party. just like in this example Map API provided by Google as a third party.

so , we have to take permission from google to use the Google map API.

Step 1.

Configuring Maps in Google Console

After getting SHA1 key we have to generate Google Map API Keyform API Console - Google follow bellow steps

Open browser and go to www.google.com => search API Console - Google this will show you following result:

Click first link of the search this will ask you to login with your gmail account

Create a new project:

Activate Google Map Android API v2

Now you Required Project Package Name and Your SHA-1 key

so for creation of SHA-1 KEY open command prompt then

navigate to following folder 


C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_09\bin>

Then type


keytool.exe -list -v -alias androiddebugkey -keystore "C:\Documents and Settings\User\.android\debug.keystore" -storepass android -keypass android






Press Enter, It will generate SHA1 key copy it . 
Now You create and Android Project and copy the package name and both put on browser popup window in this way.

After that your Api key is created you can use this in your project.

Now you check it is google play service is install in you sdk manager or not if not then install it.

Then After you have to import googl map library in you work space by this way and add in your project.

Importing google_play_services_lib

After getting Google API Key we are back to Eclipse now we have to include google_play_services_lib in our project follow the steps

a. In Eclipse goto File ⇒ Import ⇒ Android ⇒ Existing Android Code Into Workspace

b. Click on Browse and select Google Play Services project from your android sdk folder. You can locate play services library project from

android-sdk-windows\extras\google\google_play_services\libproject\google-play-services_lib

c. Importantly while importing check Copy projects into workspace option as shown in the below image.