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mitchtabian/Google-Maps-2018
Google maps, directions, markers, clusters, custom icons, real-time gps updates (like uber) and more
A tutorial companion app for a YouTube course on Google Maps Android SDK — covers directions, real-time GPS tracking, marker clustering, and polylines. It's a learning resource, not a library. Useful if you're working through that specific video series.
Covers a decent range of Maps SDK features in one place: clustering, polylines, directions API, and Uber-style live location updates. The Firebase integration for real-time coordinate sharing is a practical pattern that's harder to find in official docs. Good starting point for someone who needs to see these pieces wired together rather than reading scattered API docs.
Last touched in 2020, targeting old API levels and Java — the Maps SDK has changed enough that several patterns here (MapView lifecycle, deprecated clustering API) no longer reflect current best practice. No Kotlin, no Jetpack Compose Maps, no ViewModel/LiveData — the architecture is activity-heavy and wouldn't pass a modern code review. The repo is a YouTube course artifact, not a maintained reference: you're essentially reading a snapshot of someone's tutorial code from six years ago.