Mapping the Future: Implementing Google Maps on Android with Jetpack Compose | Droidcon Italy 2024

Jetpack Compose + Google Maps: this is mapping the future of Android development. In this talk from Droidcon Italy 2024, Senior Android Developer Fabio Pinho shows how the Volvo Cars App team implemented dynamic, beautiful, and powerful map features using Jetpack Compose. From adding Google Maps into your app to drawing custom markers, clusters, overlays, and shapes—this session walks through real production-ready implementation tips. You'll see the challenges, solutions, and practical code examples that’ll help you build advanced location-based features in Compose. Learn how to enable user location, integrate street view, and manipulate datasets on the fly. Whether you’re starting with Google Maps or looking to migrate from Views to Compose, this is your go-to roadmap.
🎤 FABIO PINHO, Senior Android Developer

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⏩ Chapter:
00:00 intro
03:49 Let’s get started
06:44 Map components: Markers
14:29 Clusters
24:53 Shapes
27:32 Overlays
28:45 Google Maps in Production
30:54 ClusteringItems
32:31 Enable user location - Update Dataset
34:31 Move to address

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