googlemaps / googlemaps/android-maps-compose
Adding support for KmlLayer without relying on MapEffect
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Description
As developer I would like to be able to add different layers (Kml, GeoJson, etc) to the GoogleMap composable.
A KmlLayer needs a GoogleMap instance to be built. `KmlLayer(GoogleMap map, int resourceId, Context context)`
At the moment the only way to add a Kml layer is using the experimental `MapEffect` (which it may get removed in the future).
Loading a KmlLayer is also slow so it needs to be done in a background thread.
Considering all of the above I came up with a solution but it would be nice to have a different way to do it.
This solution will not work anymore if MapEffect is removed.
```
val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
val context = LocalContext.current
val aKmlLayer: KmlLayer? = null
GoogleMap(
...
) {
MapEffect { gMap ->
scope.launch {
withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
aKmlLayer = KmlLayer(gMap, R.raw.kml_file, context)
withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
aKmlLayer?.addLayerToMap()
}
}
}
}
}
```
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