Mapping the Future: Implementing Google Maps on Android with Jetpack Compose | Droidcon Italy 2024

Jetpack Compose + Google Maps: this is mapping the future of Android development. In this talk from Droidcon Italy 2024, Senior Android Developer Fabio Pinho shows how the Volvo Cars App team implemented dynamic, beautiful, and powerful map features using Jetpack Compose. From adding Google Maps into your app to drawing custom markers, clusters, overlays, and shapes—this session walks through real production-ready implementation tips. You'll see the challenges, solutions, and practical code examples that’ll help you build advanced location-based features in Compose. Learn how to enable user location, integrate street view, and manipulate datasets on the fly. Whether you’re starting with Google Maps or looking to migrate from Views to Compose, this is your go-to roadmap. 🎤 FABIO PINHO, Senior Android Developer 🎟️ 2025 Early Bird Tickets: https://it.droidcon.com/2025/tickets-... ⏩ Chapter: 00:00 intro 03:49 Let’s get started 06:44 Map components: Markers 14:29 Clusters 24:53 Shapes 27:32 Overlays 28:45 Google Maps in Production 30:54 ClusteringItems 32:31 Enable user location - Update Dataset 34:31 Move to address 📍Droidcon Italiy was held in Milan on November 29th and 30th. It was attended by over 600 people and broadcast live to over 150 attendees worldwide. The event was highly interactive, with excellent presentations, high-value networking and strong engagement among attendees. 🎉 ✅ LinkedIn:   / droidcon-italy   ✅ Instagram:   / droidcon_it   ✅ X:   / droidconit   ✅ BluSky: https://bsky.app/profile/droidcon.it ✅ Telegram: https://t.me/s/Droidconit #JetpackCompose #GoogleMapsAPI #AndroidDev #MobileDevelopment #ComposeUI #DroidconItaly #VolvoCars #MapIntegration #KotlinAndroid #ModernAndroidUI