Where to learn about the Google Maps API in Android

Issue

I am trying to learn a lot more about the Google Maps API in Android. I have been doing some online tutorials and playing around with MapView and the Overlay classes, but I haven't really been very successful in gaining a good understanding of the setup.

I went to my local Barnes & Noble and checked the Android development guides they had available, but they all either just mentioned the Google Maps API in passing or spent the entire chapter explaining how to get the key and set it up, and left the rest up to the reader.

The internet has also not been very helpful, and looking through StackOverflow has only made me more frustrated as every solution seems to be pulled out of thin air, or some repository of API knowledge in the sky.

I was wondering if anyone who is experienced and knowledgeable on this subject could help me in my quest for knowledge, or if anyone who is not could give me some advice as to what other resources are available other than the reference, which is never a good place to go to learn.

Solution

http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Android-3-Satya-Komatineni/dp/1430232226/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325362142&sr=8-1

Chapters 17 and 25.

Answered By - Andrew Latham