Maps Overview

• ​Choose your provider​

• ​Zoom and center the Map​

• ​Style the Map

  • ​Edit Map size​

  • ​Add spacing​

  • ​Add marker​

  • ​Add polyline​

  • ​Add polygon​

  • ​Clear map​

• ​Map Events​

  • ​On Map Ready​

  • ​On User Location Change​

  • ​On Press​

  • ​On Long Press​

  • ​On Marker Press​

Choose Your Provider

For iOS, you have the option to choose between Apple Maps or Google Maps. On Android, only Google Maps is available. Google Maps provides more custom style options from different map types to coloring and exposing or hiding map features.

Google Maps: Add API Key

It is possible to add your own Google Maps API Key to your Thunkable app project.

Simply click on your project name to open the Project Settings menu, and scroll down to the Google Map Settings section. You will see the option to enter a Google Maps API Key for Android and iOS.

You can get your own Google Maps API Key here.

Zoom and Center the Map

To auto-center your map, you can pair the Map component with a Location Sensor​

Style the Map

To style the Map like the picture above, set Provider to Google, Shows Traffic to true, Map Type to standard and Custom Map Style String to:

[ { "elementType": "geometry", "stylers": [ { "color": "#f5f5f5" } ] }, { "elementType": "geometry.fill", "stylers": [ { "color": "#ffffff" } ] }, { "elementType": "labels.icon", "stylers": [ { "visibility": "off" } ] }, { "elementType": "labels.text.fill", "stylers": [ { "color": "#000000" } ] }, { "featureType": "administrative.land_parcel", "elementType": "labels.text.fill", "stylers": [ { "color": "#bdbdbd" } ] }, { "featureType": "poi", "elementType": "geometry", "stylers": [ { "color": "#eeeeee" } ] }, { "featureType": "poi", "elementType": "labels.text.fill", "stylers": [ { "color": "#757575" } ] }, { "featureType": "poi.park", "elementType": "geometry", "stylers": [ { "color": "#e5e5e5" } ] }, { "featureType": "poi.park", "elementType": "labels.text.fill", "stylers": [ { "color": "#9e9e9e" } ] }, { "featureType": "road", "elementType": "geometry", "stylers": [ { "color": "#ffffff" } ] }, { "featureType": "road", "elementType": "geometry.fill", "stylers": [ { "color": "#d8d8d8" } ] }, { "featureType": "road.arterial", "elementType": "labels.text.fill", "stylers": [ { "color": "#757575" } ] }, { "featureType": "road.highway", "elementType": "geometry", "stylers": [ { "color": "#dadada" } ] }, { "featureType": "road.highway", "elementType": "labels.text.fill", "stylers": [ { "color": "#616161" } ] }, { "featureType": "road.local", "elementType": "labels.text.fill", "stylers": [ { "color": "#9e9e9e" } ] }, { "featureType": "transit.line", "elementType": "geometry", "stylers": [ { "color": "#e5e5e5" } ] }, { "featureType": "transit.station", "elementType": "geometry", "stylers": [ { "color": "#eeeeee" } ] }, { "featureType": "water", "elementType": "geometry", "stylers": [ { "color": "#e4e4e4" } ] }, { "featureType": "water", "elementType": "geometry.fill", "stylers": [ { "color": "#f3f3f3" } ] }, { "featureType": "water", "elementType": "labels.text.fill", "stylers": [ { "color": "#9e9e9e" } ] } ]

There are a number of Advanced properties available to help you add custom styling to your map. Below are the most popular.

Edit Map size

For more information on sizing in your app, please see our introduction here​​

Add Spacing

For more information on adding spacing in your app, please see our introduction here​

To find the spacing properties, you'll have to select the Advanced tab

Add Marker

You can add a standard default marker to your map with the blocks below. The Map component does not yet supply its own latitude and longitude so we currently recommend using the Location Sensor component

Add Polyline

To add a polyline, you can use the blocks below where coordinates need to be in a list of latitude and longitude objects, stroke Width is an integer and stroke Color is in hex format

Add Polygon

To add a polygon, you can use the blocks below where coordinates need to be in a list of latitude and longitude objects, stroke Width is an integer, stroke Color is in hex format, and fill Color is in hex format

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Delete Markers, Polylines and Polygons

You can use the deleteAllMarkers block to delete all markers from your app.

You can use the deleteAllPolylines block to delete all polylines from your app.

You can use the deleteAllPolygons block to delete all polygons from your app.

Map Events

The map has several events. You can trigger actions to happen when these events occur.

On Map Ready

This event happens when the Map has loaded in your app. This is a good time to add any markers, polylines or polygons to your app that you want the user to see as soon as your app opens.

On User Location Change

This event happens when the location of the user changes. It returns the coordinate object. You can use object blocks to get the properties of the coordinate object.

The coordinate object has the following properties:

target: Numeric ID for your app coordinate:{ latitude: latitude of point selected longitude: longitude of point selected } position:{ x: x-position of selected point on the Map component y: x-position of selected point on the Map component }

On Press

This event happens when the user taps on the Map.

On Long Press

This event happens when the user presses on the map for a longer period of time.

On Marker Press

This event happens when the user clicks on a Marker that is on the Map.

The On Marker Press block returns an event object. This is an object which can be used with object blocks. The event block has the following properties:

latitude: returns the latitude of the selected Marker longitude: returns the longitude of the selected Marker