MapView has some tiles with crosses on API Level 7, but API level 8 is fine

Issue

I am developing an Android application with MapView and I have a very strange behavior. There are some tiles with crosses in the map. But only on API level 7. On API level 8 and above, the map shows fine. This is not a problem with debug.keystore, I have also ripped of the code any mapController.setStreetView(true or false) and mapController.setSatelliteView(true or false). So i think this might be a bug in the maps jar but why only in API level 7? I want to release API level 7 above to have a bigger range of devices (Know many people that have API level 7 android).

Solution

Besides removing mapController.setStreetView(true), there is also another thing that should be added to the layout XML..

xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

<com.google.android.maps.MapView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/mapa" 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
    android:apiKey="YOUR API KEY"
    android:clickable="true"></com.google.android.maps.MapView>

Note the xml namespace after com.google.android.maps.MapView. After adding the namespace, the cross tiles disappeared. Don't know if it's a bug or the namespace is necessary in order for the api render the map correctly. Either way, it worked.

Answered By - Raphael Ayres