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Overview
With advanced markers you can create and customize highly
performant markers. Customize the default marker's background, border, and glyph
color, and replace the default marker icon with a custom
graphic image.
Advanced markers are objects of type
AdvancedMarker,
which is a subclass of
Marker.
With advanced markers, all the existing
Marker properties are customizable, including:
Advanced markers add the following additional features:
- Customize colored pins
- Set any Android
View
as the marker
- Control collision behavior
Customize marker properties
Customize the default marker's background, glyph, and border color.
Use an Android view as the marker
Replace the default marker icon with an Android
View
containing a custom completely custom marker.
Set marker collision behavior
Specify how a marker should behave when it collides with
another marker or map label. Marker altitude is only supported on vector maps.
Next step
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Last updated 2025-01-29 UTC.
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