Hey guys, I am having trouble getting mapview - setcenter and addmarker to recognize a lat,long variable. Would be grateful to anyone out there that could offer up any suggestions. It’s difficult to diagnose since I have to load the apk on the device to test, I’m not able to see the errors.
What Works
This code works just fine on the device:
myMap:setCenter( 30.192729,-81.364483 )
local function mapmarker( event )
myMap:addMarker( 30.192729,-81.364483 )
end
timer.performWithDelay( 10000, mapmarker)
FYI: I had to add the delay to give the map time to load the marker, otherwise it wouldn’t show the marker on the device.
What Doesn’t Work
Now if I replace the actual lat, long numbers with variables, it won’t work. The mapview still works but it defaults to my current locaction.
local currentXlatitude = tonumber(decodedData[2])
local currentXlongitude = tonumber(decodedData[3])
local location = (currentXlatitude…"," …currentXlongitude)
- When I print these variables to the console they are holding valid numbers.
print (currentXlatitude)
print (currentXlongitude)
30.192729
-81.364483
- Additionally, I tested the variables by passing to a map url and they work fine.
mapURL = “http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Hello,!@”…location
- Just to be sure, I set the variables to actual numbers but that did not work either.
local currentXlatitude = 30.192729
local currentXlongitude = -81.364483
- Here is the code with the variable “location”. On the device, the map just defaults to my location, no marker.
myMap:setCenter( location )
local function mapmarker( event )
myMap:addMarker( location )
end
timer.performWithDelay( 10000, mapmarker)
- I also tried the following. Same result on the device, defaults to my location.
myMap:setCenter( currentXlatitude…","…currentXlongitude)
local function mapmarker( event )
myMap:addMarker( currentXlatitude…","…currentXlongitude)
end
timer.performWithDelay( 10000, mapmarker)
- One last thing, I tried adding a delay with setcenter but that did not work either.
Thanks in advance for anyone out there who can offer up any suggestions.