Get Application Key for Google Map

Get the apiKey for Google Map

Google Map integration in your android application requires a key to integrate with your application.


This post will explain the procedure to get the apiKey for your android application for Google and explain the integration of Google Map with your application.


To get the apiKey we need to follow the following steps

• Locate the debug.keystore 
• Locate the keytool.exe
• Generate the MD5 fingerprint using keytool and debug.keystore
• Get the API Key from Google by providing the MD5 fingerprint

You can find the debug.keystore file user directory of your operating system

For Example  : C:\Users\XXXX\.android\debug.keystore

You can find the keytool.exe in your %JAVA_HOME%\bin\keytool.exe

Now run the following command to get the MD5 fingerprint

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_01\bin>keytool.exe  -list -alias androiddebugkey

-keystore C:\Users\t\.android\debug.keystore -storepass android -keypass android

See the output of the command as following screen shot

MD5 fingerprint with Key Tool

Now register this MD5 fingerprint to get the Google Map API Key as follows

Go to the following link

https://developers.google.com/android/maps-api-signup

Copy the MD5 fingerprint and click on Generate Key to get your application key.

Add the application key value to the MapView XML object as follows

 <com.google.android.maps.MapView
                 android:id="@+id/map_view"
                 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                 android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                 android:apiKey="0HvaRYYCBNDap4SKY0HN-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
                 />

Now you are ready to use the Google Map in your application see here how to integrate the basic google map object in your application.


http://creativeandroidapps.blogspot.in/2012/07/google-map-in-android-application.html




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