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Google Maps SDK for Android Samples
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Samples demonstrating how to use
[Maps SDK for Android](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/).

This repo contains the following samples:

1. [ApiDemos](ApiDemos): A collection of small demos showing most features of the Maps SDK for Android.
1. [WearOS](WearOS):
Displays a map on a Wear OS device. This sample demonstrates the basic
setup required for a gradle-based Android Studio project.
1. [Tutorials](https://github.com/googlemaps/android-samples/tree/main/tutorials): Samples
associated with tutorials in the developer's guide. See each sample for a link to the associated guide.
1. [Snippets](snippets): Snippets for code found in https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-sdk


Pre-requisites
--------------

* See each sample for pre-requisites.
* All require up-to-date versions of the Android build tools and the Android support repository.
* The demo apps require that you add your own Google Maps API key. See [Get an API Key](docs/GET_AN_API_KEY.md) docs for more instructions.

Getting Started
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1. Download the samples by cloning this repository
2. In the welcome screen of Android Studio, select "Open an Existing project"
3. Select one of the sample directories from this repository

Alternatively, use the `gradlew build` command to build the project directly or download an APK
under [releases](https://github.com/googlemaps/android-samples/releases).

Support
-------

- Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android+google-maps

If you have discovered an issue with the Google Maps Platform SDK for Android v2, please see
the resources here: https://developers.google.com/maps/support/

If you've found an error in these samples, please file an issue:
https://github.com/googlemaps/android-samples/issues

Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted according to the instructions in
CONTRIBUTING.md.

License
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(See each sample directory for details.)

Copyright 2015 The Android Open Source Project

Copyright 2015 Google, Inc.

Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for
additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this
file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
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  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
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