How to implement a little static map preview as list icon?

Question

I built a ListActivity and now I want to add Map Previews as the List Icons. I dont want to extend MapView because: 1st I just need a little static preview and 2nd I already extended to ListView.

I already looked into using the static map api, however that also doesnt look quite good in that small dimensions:

http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=40.714728,-73.998672&zoom=12&size=65x65&maptype=roadmap&sensor=true

Answer 1

There is nothing in Android that generates map previews, sorry. You will need to use some Web service for this.

Answer 2

You can use a MapView in your layout and use

map:liteMode="true"

You do not need to extend MapView, just set the above in the layout and you can easily use the view. eg. myMapView.onCreate(), myMapView.getMapAsync() etc.