Steve Rogers

So my next endeavour is to look at Android and developing apps, so I decided as I have been using Google Maps in PHP, Flex (AS3) etc it would be logical to look at Maps in Android, simple huh ?

Not at all, I tried (numerous) to follow the Map View tutorial but although it all seemed to work OK, I never got a map to display in the emulator ( and each time I re-checked the debug key/api key as well). So after trawling the net and finding a lot of others had the same problem I came across an article here. After reading through this I noticed that the manifest file had some extra "bits" put in, specifically some permissions:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"></uses-permission>

Once I had added these - MY MAP APPEARED!!!, so this is in case the info is any help to anyone else - and thanks to the article mentioned above.