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Android

Posted by bauke plugge
bauke plugge
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How do I create a Tutorial overlay over an google map fragment ?

Hi i have an google maps fragment on my main activity.

fragment android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment" android:id="@+id/map_fragment" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"

this is within a RelativeLayout activity.

now I want to set an overlay the firsttime the user starts the app. i found this to use:

FrameLayout mFrame; mFrame = new FrameLayout(this); mFrame.addView(LayoutInflater.from(getBaseContext()).inflate(R.layout.activity_maps, null)); setContentView(mFrame);

final View tutView = LayoutInflater.from(getBaseContext()).inflate(R.layout.activity_help, null); mFrame.addView(tutView);

this is working on a "normal" relativelayout activity but when I add the google fragment I get an error. "android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #16: Error inflating class fragment"

I just want to have some sort of help in my app maybe I should do this differently ?

thanks in advantage for any input !