Empty maps project with basic method examples
You'll need an API key for this project form the google cloud console. The key needs to go in two places:
\android\app\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml as a child of the 'application' tag
<!-- You will only need to add this meta-data tag, but make sure it's a child of application -->
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
android:value="{your api key here}"/>
<!-- You will also only need to add this uses-library tag -->
<uses-library android:name="org.apache.http.legacy" android:required="false"/>\android\app\src\main\res\values\google_maps_api.xml create this file, entire contents should be:
<!-- map just appearing gray? -->
<resources>
<string name="google_maps_key" templateMergeStrategy="preserve" translatable="false">{your api key here}</string>
</resources>