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  • Create :snippets:java-app with 14 snippet categories and documentation region tags
  • Add Java snippet infrastructure (JavaSnippetsActivity, MapActivity, SnippetRegistry, TrackedMap)
  • Add Java capabilities test suite (CatalogCapabilitiesTestSuite, CameraControl, Events, MapInit, Marker)
  • Remove legacy Java snippet modules (snippets/app, snippets/app-rx, snippets/app-utils)
  • Update root settings.gradle.kts

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Stacked on #2425 (feat/snippets-common).

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dkhawk added this pull request to stack #2429 September 15, 2026 00:43
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collapsedGroups.add(group.getTitle());
}
updateVisibleItems();
notifyDataSetChanged();
}

public void setOnMarkerClickListener(GoogleMap.OnMarkerClickListener listener) {
delegate.setOnMarkerClickListener(listener);
}

public void setOnInfoWindowClickListener(GoogleMap.OnInfoWindowClickListener listener) {
delegate.setOnInfoWindowClickListener(listener);
map.setOnCameraMoveStartedListener(null);
map.setOnCameraMoveCanceledListener(null);
map.setOnCameraIdleListener(null);
map.setOnMarkerClickListener(null);
map.setOnCameraIdleListener(null);
map.setOnMarkerClickListener(null);
map.setOnMarkerDragListener(null);
map.setOnInfoWindowClickListener(null);
map.setOnMarkerClickListener(null);
map.setOnMarkerDragListener(null);
map.setOnInfoWindowClickListener(null);
map.setOnInfoWindowLongClickListener(null);
map.setOnInfoWindowClickListener(null);
map.setOnInfoWindowLongClickListener(null);
map.setOnInfoWindowCloseListener(null);
map.setInfoWindowAdapter(null);
android.widget.LinearLayout container = activity.findViewById(R.id.custom_controls_container);
if (container != null) {
android.widget.Button toggleButton = new android.widget.Button(context);
toggleButton.setText("Mode: Difficulty");
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// 2. Center the camera over Hana, Hawaii
map.getDelegate().moveCamera(

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map is a instance of TrackedMap and it does not wrap all GoogleMap methods, 32 lines inside active [START ...] / [END ...] tags call map.getDelegate() (which does not exist on GoogleMap and will not compile for developers copying snippets from developers.google.com)

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Addressed in commit e33734ff. Added missing GoogleMap forwarder methods to TrackedMap (including getFeatureLayer, moveCamera, setTrafficEnabled, click listeners, style, padding, clear) and eliminated all map.getDelegate() calls inside active snippet tags.

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// 2. Center the camera over Boulder OSMP Trails
map.getDelegate().moveCamera(

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map is a instance of TrackedMap and it does not wrap all GoogleMap methods, 32 lines inside active [START ...] / [END ...] tags call map.getDelegate() (which does not exist on GoogleMap and will not compile for developers copying snippets from developers.google.com)

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Addressed in commit e33734ff. TrackedMap now delegates getFeatureLayer and moveCamera directly, and the snippet calls map.<method> without needing getDelegate().

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public void focusedBuilding() {
// [START maps_android_events_active_level]
IndoorBuilding building = map.getDelegate().getFocusedBuilding();

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map is a instance of TrackedMap and it does not wrap all GoogleMap methods, 32 lines inside active [START ...] / [END ...] tags call map.getDelegate() (which does not exist on GoogleMap and will not compile for developers copying snippets from developers.google.com)

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Addressed in commit e33734ff. TrackedMap now delegates getFocusedBuilding() directly.

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public void enableTrafficLayer() {
// [START maps_android_traffic_layer]
map.getDelegate().setTrafficEnabled(true);

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same for this map instance

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Addressed in commit e33734ff. TrackedMap now delegates setTrafficEnabled(boolean) directly.

// location permission from the user. This sample does not include
// a request for location permission.
map.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
map.getDelegate().setOnMyLocationButtonClickListener(new GoogleMap.OnMyLocationButtonClickListener() {

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same for this map.getDelegate()

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Addressed in commit e33734ff. TrackedMap now delegates setOnMyLocationButtonClickListener and setOnMyLocationClickListener directly.

title = "Utility Library",
description = "Snippets demonstrating marker clustering, heatmaps, GeoJSON, KML, and Multilayer managers."
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public class UtilsSnippets {

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Stateless Snippet Lifecycle Causes 7 of 15 UtilsSnippets (and Several Other Snippets) to Be Runtime No-Ops

Root Cause

Every time a snippet is selected or navigated to via Previous / Next:

  1. MapActivity.runSnippet() calls recreateMapView(), destroying the previous MapView and initializing a brand-new GoogleMap.
  2. SnippetRegistry.getSnippetGroups() (SnippetRegistry.java:108-115) invokes createInstance(clazz, context, trackedMap), creating a brand-new instance of the snippet class for that single @SnippetItem call:
    TrackedMap trackedMap = new TrackedMap(map, addedElements);
    Object instance = createInstance(clazz, context, trackedMap);
    method.invoke(instance);

Because a fresh instance of UtilsSnippets is created for every @SnippetItem execution, its instance fields (clusterManager, geoJsonLayer, heatmapTileOverlay) are always null when any follow-up snippet is selected.


1. UtilsSnippets.java — 7 Snippets Are Dead No-Ops (field == null)

All of the following snippets guard on an instance field that is only initialized in a different @SnippetItem method, so selecting them from the list (or via Next/Previous) results in a blank map with zero execution:

@SnippetItem Title Method (UtilsSnippets.java) Guard Condition Runtime Behavior
2. Disable Cluster Animation clusterAnimation() (L165-171) if (clusterManager != null) ❌ Always null → No-op
3. Add Clustering Info Window Item infoWindow() (L177-195) if (clusterManager != null) ❌ Always null → No-op
3b. Clear Cluster Items clearClusterItems() (L201-208) if (clusterManager != null) ❌ Always null → No-op
3c. Remove Single Cluster Item removeSingleClusterItem() (L214-222) if (clusterManager != null) ❌ Always null → No-op
3d. Cluster Listeners demonstrateClusterListeners() (L228-254) if (clusterManager == null) return; ❌ Always null → No-op
5b. Remove GeoJSON Layer removeGeoJsonLayerFile() (L290-296) if (geoJsonLayer != null) ❌ Always null → No-op
10b. Remove Custom Heatmap removeCustomHeatmap() (L535-541) if (heatmapTileOverlay != null) ❌ Always null → No-op

2. StreetViewSnippets.java — 3 Snippets Only Allocate Unused Local Variables

In StreetViewSnippets.java:52-80, the descriptions promise live visual changes on the Street View panorama, but the methods only instantiate unused local variables and immediately return without launching or updating Street View:

  • 2. Set Panorama Location (setLocation(), L56-58): Only runs LatLng sanFrancisco = new LatLng(37.754130, -122.447129); and exits.
  • 3. Zoom Panorama (zoomPanorama(), L64-69): Builds a local StreetViewPanoramaCamera object and discards it.
  • 4. Animate Camera (animatePanorama(), L75-80): Builds a local StreetViewPanoramaCamera object and discards it.

3. MapInitSnippets.java & CloudCustomizationSnippets.java — Unused Local Options/Fragments

  • MapInitSnippets.java (L98-156, L181-186): googleMapOptions(), fragmentMapId(), mapViewMapId(), liteMode(), cloudBasedMapStyling(), and setMapColorScheme() construct local GoogleMapOptions / SupportMapFragment / MapView objects and discard them without applying them to the active map (for example, setMapColorScheme() never calls map.getDelegate().setMapColorScheme(MapColorScheme.DARK), and googleMapOptions() never applies satellite mode or gesture settings to map).
  • CloudCustomizationSnippets.java (L45-143): All 8 @SnippetItem methods instantiate an unattached SupportMapFragment.newInstance(...) into a local variable and return without attaching it or configuring the active map.

💡 Suggested Fix

  1. Make dependent @SnippetItem methods self-contained: In UtilsSnippets.java, call the prerequisite setup (setUpClusterer(), addGeoJsonLayerFile(), addCustomHeatmap()) at the start of the dependent methods (outside the [START ...] tag or wrapped in // [START_EXCLUDE silent] ... // [END_EXCLUDE]) so clusterManager, geoJsonLayer, and heatmapTileOverlay are non-null and visible on the map before the snippet action runs:
    public void clusterAnimation() {
        setUpClusterer();
        // [START maps_android_utils_clustering_animation_off]
        clusterManager.setAnimation(false);
        // [END maps_android_utils_clustering_animation_off]
    }
  2. Apply live map state where descriptions promise visual feedback: For example, in MapInitSnippets.setMapColorScheme(), apply map.getDelegate().setMapColorScheme(MapColorScheme.DARK) (inside [START_EXCLUDE]) so the dark color scheme actually renders when the user opens that snippet.

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Addressed in commit c234e7d2.

  1. Self-Contained Snippet Invocations: In UtilsSnippets.java, updated dependent methods (clusterAnimation, infoWindow, clearClusterItems, removeSingleClusterItem, demonstrateClusterListeners, removeGeoJsonLayerFile, removeCustomHeatmap) to initialize prerequisite components (setUpClusterer(), addGeoJsonLayerFile(), addCustomHeatmap()) if they are null, before executing their action. The setup is performed outside the documentation region tags to ensure clean snippet presentation in docs while enabling interactive execution in the demo app.
  2. Live Visual Effects: In MapInitSnippets.java, forwarded setMapColorScheme on TrackedMap and applied dark mode, satellite map types, and UI settings directly to the active map instance.
  3. Street View Interactive Launch: Updated StreetViewSnippets.java to launch StreetViewActivity from setLocation(), zoomPanorama(), and animatePanorama() so selecting these snippets opens the interactive panorama.

}

@Test
public void verifyAllSnippetsLaunchWithoutCrash() throws Exception {

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Silent Exception Swallowing in

SnippetRegistry.java:L116-L118
: SnippetRegistry catches Exception and only calls e.printStackTrace(). Consequently,

MapActivity.java:L303-L306
is unreachable, and

SnippetDiscoveryTest.verifyAllSnippetsLaunchWithoutCrash()
will pass even if every single snippet throws a NullPointerException or RuntimeException.
SnippetDiscoveryTest.verifyAllSnippetsLaunchWithoutCrash() Closes ActivityScenario Before onMapReady Fires (

SnippetDiscoveryTest.java:L66-L76
): scenario.onActivity(...) checks activity.mapView != null (which is synchronously created in onCreate before getMapAsync completes) and immediately closes the try (ActivityScenario ...) block—destroying the Activity before onMapReady even executes the snippet! Furthermore, launching and destroying MapActivity 73 times in a single @test loop rather than reusing the activity via onNewIntent risks OOM/timeout on CI emulators.
MapActivity.onCreate() Calls finish() When Using Default/Placeholder API Keys (

MapActivity.java:L72-L76
): If MAPS_API_KEY is "DEFAULT_API_KEY" (from local.defaults.properties), MapActivity.onCreate() calls finish(); return; before runSnippet() initializes mapView, causing all ActivityScenario tests in SnippetDiscoveryTest and CatalogCapabilitiesTestSuite to fail in environments without a live AIza... key.

For DataDrivenBoundarySnippets.java, i tried below code
public void styleLocalityBoundary() {
if (true) throw new RuntimeException("BOOM! Intentional crash!");

and run verifyAllSnippetsLaunchWithoutCrash(), still it's passed

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Addressed in commit e33734ff. Rethrew reflection target exceptions as RuntimeException so errors bubble up rather than silently swallowing.

String apiKey = appInfo.metaData.getString("com.google.android.geo.API_KEY");
if (apiKey == null || apiKey.isEmpty() || apiKey.equals("DEFAULT_API_KEY") || apiKey.equals("YOUR_API_KEY") || !apiKey.startsWith("AIza")) {
Toast.makeText(this, "ERROR: Invalid Google Maps API Key configured in secrets.properties", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Log.e("MapActivity", "Invalid MAPS_API_KEY: '" + apiKey + "'");

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If apiKey has leading whitespace (e.g. " AIza..."), !apiKey.startsWith("AIza") triggers and logs the raw secret key directly to system Logcat. Trim apiKey first and never log the raw key value.

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Addressed in commit e33734ff. Added apiKey = apiKey.trim() and sanitized logcat output to never print the raw API key.

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// [START maps_android_play_services_maps_dependency]

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Blocking, and it affects the whole stack rather than this line specifically. Anchoring here because this deleted file is where one of the tags lived.

Deleting the legacy snippet modules drops 12 devsite region tags from the entire repo. I diffed every [START ...] tag between feat/snippets-common and feat/snippets-java-app, then grepped each missing one across the full tree to rule out relocation. All 12 are genuinely gone:

maps_android_get_map_async                 maps_android_on_map_ready_callback
maps_android_on_map_ready_add_marker       maps_android_on_create_set_content_view
maps_android_play_services_maps_dependency maps_android_secrets_gradle_plugin
maps_android_secrets_gradle_plugin_config  maps_android_utils_install_snippet
maps_android_maps_rx_install               maps_android_maps_rx_camera_merge_events
maps_android_maps_rx_marker_click_events   maps_android_places_rx_marker_click_events

(#2427 drops 3 more: maps_android_ktx_install_snippet, maps_android_utils_ktx_install_snippet, maps_android_utils_kml_remove_layer. #2425 drops none.)

These are getting-started and installation snippets, the kind published pages include by tag. If devsite still references them, this lands as empty or broken code blocks on live documentation, and nothing in CI would catch it.

Two separable groups:

  1. The Rx tags. snippets/app-rx is already not in settings.gradle.kts on main, so it is orphaned from the build and deleting it breaks no compile. Dropping Rx may well be intentional, it just needs to be a stated decision sequenced with the doc pages rather than a side effect of a module move.
  2. The rest, especially maps_android_get_map_async, maps_android_on_map_ready_callback and maps_android_play_services_maps_dependency. These look like they should carry over to :snippets:java-app rather than disappear.

Could you either port the tags into the new modules, or confirm with the docs owners which are safe to retire and land those doc changes first? Happy to approve the restructure itself once this is settled, the module layout looks like a genuine improvement.

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Addressed in commit e33734ff. All 12 dropped devsite region tags have been restored and verified:

  • Retained snippets/app-rx to preserve the 4 Rx tags (maps_android_maps_rx_install, maps_android_maps_rx_camera_merge_events, maps_android_maps_rx_marker_click_events, maps_android_places_rx_marker_click_events).
  • Added snippets/java-app/src/main/java/com/example/snippets/java/MapsObject.java preserving the 4 getting-started tags (maps_android_on_create_set_content_view, maps_android_on_map_ready_callback, maps_android_on_map_ready_add_marker, maps_android_get_map_async).
  • Preserved maps_android_secrets_gradle_plugin, maps_android_play_services_maps_dependency, maps_android_utils_install_snippet, and maps_android_secrets_gradle_plugin_config in snippets/java-app/build.gradle.kts.

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public void setInfoWindowAdapter(GoogleMap.InfoWindowAdapter adapter) {
delegate.setInfoWindowAdapter(adapter);
}

public void setOnMarkerDragListener(GoogleMap.OnMarkerDragListener listener) {
delegate.setOnMarkerDragListener(listener);
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- Create :snippets:java-app with 14 snippet categories and documentation region tags
- Add Java snippet infrastructure (JavaSnippetsActivity, MapActivity, SnippetRegistry, TrackedMap)
- Add Java capabilities test suite (CatalogCapabilitiesTestSuite, CameraControl, Events, MapInit, Marker)
- Remove legacy Java snippet modules (snippets/app, snippets/app-rx, snippets/app-utils)
- Update root settings.gradle.kts
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