Draw tranparent circle for Google Maps Android API v2

This exercise demonstrate how to draw tranparent circle for Google Maps Android API v2. To create a CircleOptions with TRANSPARENT collor, call fillColor(Color.TRANSPARENT) method; actually it's the default value. We can also set the most signification byte of the parameter to make it semi-tranparent.

Draw tranparent circle for Google Maps Android API v2

Modify from the exercise "Draw Circle on GoogleMap".
package com.example.androidmapsv2;

import com.google.android.gms.common.ConnectionResult;
import com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap.OnMapClickListener;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap.OnMapLongClickListener;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.Circle;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.CircleOptions;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.app.FragmentManager;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity
implements OnMapClickListener, OnMapLongClickListener{

final int RQS_GooglePlayServices = 1;
private GoogleMap myMap;

TextView tvLocInfo;

Circle myCircle;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

tvLocInfo = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.locinfo);

FragmentManager myFragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
MapFragment myMapFragment
= (MapFragment)myFragmentManager.findFragmentById(R.id.map);
myMap = myMapFragment.getMap();

myMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_HYBRID);

myMap.setOnMapClickListener(this);
myMap.setOnMapLongClickListener(this);

}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.menu_legalnotices:
String LicenseInfo = GooglePlayServicesUtil.getOpenSourceSoftwareLicenseInfo(
getApplicationContext());
AlertDialog.Builder LicenseDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this);
LicenseDialog.setTitle("Legal Notices");
LicenseDialog.setMessage(LicenseInfo);
LicenseDialog.show();
return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

@Override
protected void onResume() {

super.onResume();

int resultCode = GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(getApplicationContext());

if (resultCode == ConnectionResult.SUCCESS){
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
"isGooglePlayServicesAvailable SUCCESS",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}else{
GooglePlayServicesUtil.getErrorDialog(resultCode, this, RQS_GooglePlayServices);
}

}


@Override
public void onMapClick(LatLng point) {
CircleOptions circleOptions = new CircleOptions()
.center(point) //set center
.radius(500) //set radius in meters
.fillColor(Color.TRANSPARENT) //default
.strokeColor(Color.BLUE)
.strokeWidth(5);

myCircle = myMap.addCircle(circleOptions);
}

@Override
public void onMapLongClick(LatLng point) {
CircleOptions circleOptions = new CircleOptions()
.center(point) //set center
.radius(500) //set radius in meters
.fillColor(0x40ff0000) //semi-transparent
.strokeColor(Color.BLUE)
.strokeWidth(5);

myCircle = myMap.addCircle(circleOptions);

}

}


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