MapView tiles loading in Android

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Published on 2011-01-13T08:51:07Z Indexed on 2011/01/13 8:53 UTC
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In the Maps application (at least version 5) for Android the tiles are loading in a different way, than when using a MapView in my own application, when for example zooming in or out. In the MapView displays a gray checkered image until the tile is fully loaded an than the map is displayed. In Maps application this it not the case all the time. Tiles that are not fully loaded are still showing a map but it is blurry. The Maps application way of showing the map when zooming is much prettier for the eye.

Is it possible to have this "feature" in a MapView in my own application as well?

Best regards

P

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