Android google maps loads on first open then crashes on 2nd open

Question 1

From this link..Check it..

you declare the fragment programatically, not in XML. This probably means nesting layouts.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:map="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="match_parent" >

<!-- Lots of fancy layout -->   

<RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/map"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">
    </RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

Then you need to create your fragment programatically, but it needs to be done carefully with consideration for the Fragments lifecycle (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Fragment.html#getChildFragmentManager()). To ensure everything is created at the right time, your code should look like this.

public class MyFragment extends Fragment {

private SupportMapFragment fragment;
private GoogleMap map;

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    return inflater.inflate(R.layout.layout_with_map, container, false);
}

@Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
    FragmentManager fm = getChildFragmentManager();
    fragment = (SupportMapFragment) fm.findFragmentById(R.id.map);
    if (fragment == null) {
        fragment = SupportMapFragment.newInstance();
        fm.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.map, fragment).commit();
    }
}

@Override
public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    if (map == null) {
        map = fragment.getMap();
        map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(new LatLng(0, 0)));
    }
}
}

Question 2

I recently ran into a nearly identical problem and the code below was my solution. You should be able to just rename things and add in your extra code to do what you want to do.

public class TrackerFragment extends Fragment {

private SupportMapFragment mMap;
private GoogleMap googleMap;
//private boolean chronoRunning = false;

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.frag3_action, container, false);

    activityBody();
    return rootView;
}

@Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
    FragmentManager fm = getChildFragmentManager();
    mMap = (SupportMapFragment) fm.findFragmentById(R.id.map);
    if (mMap == null) {
        mMap = SupportMapFragment.newInstance();
        fm.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.map, mMap).commit();
    }
}

@Override
public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    if (googleMap == null) {
        googleMap = mMap.getMap();
        googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(new LatLng(0, 0)));
    }
}

Question 3

I am too late, but this worked after lot of search

Do It Programmatically, use normal FrameLayout in xml.

SupportMapFragment mapFragment = SupportMapFragment.newInstance();
    FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction =
            getChildFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
    fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.map, mapFragment);
    fragmentTransaction.commit();
    mapFragment.getMapAsync(this);