Set Custom Marker Icon at Current Location - Android API v2

Question

I want to show a marker of my own choice in place of that default blue colored icon. How can I change the same.

Currently I am adding it manually at current location.

@Override
            public void onMyLocationChange(Location location) {
                // Creating a LatLng object for the current location
                LatLng latLng = new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude());
                // Showing the current location in Google Map
                CameraUpdate cameraUpdate = CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(
                        latLng, 15);
                googleMap.animateCamera(cameraUpdate);
                marker = googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
                .position(latLng)
                .title("Current Location(You)")
                .snippet("Current")
                .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory
                        .fromResource(R.drawable.green_loc_icon))
                        .draggable(true));
            }
        });

Answer 1

It's explained in the documentation:

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/marker#change_the_default_marker

Please remember to remove the marker before adding a new one, otherwise each time you get an update for the user location you'll add a new marker on the map.

Since probably you're showing other markers on the map, hold a reference to the user current location marker and then use remove() method before creating a new instance.

Answer 2

Change your code like this, it will work properly, include below permissions in AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.example.towntour.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" />

Code for plotting a pin:

public void onMyLocationChange(Location location) 
{

LatLng latLng = new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude());
MarkerOptions markerOptions = new MarkerOptions();
markerOptions.title("Town Tour");
markerOptions.snippet("We are here");


find_us_map.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(latlng, 4));
find_us_map.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo(4), 2000, null);

markerOptions.position(latlng);
Marker m = find_us_map.addMarker(markerOptions);
}