android - How can I determine if a geopoint is displayed in currently viewable area?

Question

Say I have mapview control in my Android app. If I know a landmark exists at a certain latitude and longitude, how can I determine if that landmark is currently viewable on the user's screen? Is there a method for getting the coordinates for the top left and bottom right corners of the visible area?

Answer 1

Something like this will do the trick.

private boolean isCurrentLocationVisible()
    {
        Rect currentMapBoundsRect = new Rect();
        Point currentDevicePosition = new Point();
        GeoPoint deviceLocation = new GeoPoint((int) (bestCurrentLocation.getLatitude() * 1000000.0), (int) (bestCurrentLocation.getLongitude() * 1000000.0));

        mapView.getProjection().toPixels(deviceLocation, currentDevicePosition);
        mapView.getDrawingRect(currentMapBoundsRect);

        return currentMapBoundsRect.contains(currentDevicePosition.x, currentDevicePosition.y);

    }