How to create custom background for InfoWindow on Google Maps V2 for Android

Here is short tutorial how to create custom background for InfoWindow (balloon) on Google Maps V2 for Android.

As you can see the InfoWindowAdapter have two methods : getInfoWindow() and getInfoContents().

To use default background for InfoWindows you need use getInfoContents().

And if you want to use custom background for InfoWindows you need use getInfoWindow().

Lets see screenshot below:

The source code of InfoWindowAdapter is here:

package com.hrupin.sample.googlemapsv2customballoons;

import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap.InfoWindowAdapter;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.Marker;

public class BalloonAdapter implements InfoWindowAdapter {
	LayoutInflater inflater = null;
	private TextView textViewTitle;

	public BalloonAdapter(LayoutInflater inflater) {
		this.inflater = inflater;
	}

	@Override
	public View getInfoWindow(Marker marker) {
		View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.balloon, null);
		if (marker != null) {
			textViewTitle = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.textViewTitle);
			textViewTitle.setText(marker.getTitle());
		}
		return (v);
	}

	@Override
	public View getInfoContents(Marker marker) {
		return (null);
	}
}