How could I get a position from mapView ?

In my sailing app (https://apps.garmin.com/fr-FR/apps/b582d75e-a135-4e2d-8561-6ea5ad26acaf), I store my waypoints in the settings.

I have a mapView screen, and I can see my waypoints.

To add waypoints, I would like, when the user is using the mapView with zoom and shift, and when the user want, to recover the map center location as a position. I didn't find this in the class

Does anyone has an idea ?

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dududu13 over 3 years ago in reply to dududu13 +1

I was surprised not to find this function : mapView.getPosition()

I think this would't be very difficult to do for a new SDK

I will suggest it

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jim_m_58 over 3 years ago

Try using MapTrackView instead of MapView, MapTrackView keeps the map centered on your current location. Your track also gets drawn for you, so you may not need to draw your own polyline. The sim misses a few things with maps, so try it on a real device.

jim_m_58 over 3 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Maybe I'm not understanding. You want to do something like pan to another place on the map, and use the center of that as a lat/lon?

I can't think of any way to do that.

dududu13 over 3 years ago in reply to jim_m_58

Yes, that's it

I would like the user to choose a own position on the map, and with the menu, he could add this position as a new custom waypoint.

My app is not very friendly user to do this now

dududu13 over 3 years ago in reply to dududu13

I was surprised not to find this function : mapView.getPosition()

I think this would't be very difficult to do for a new SDK

I will suggest it