How to center the camera so that marker is at the bottom of screen? (Google map api V2 Android)

I might edit this answer later to provide some code, but what I think could work is this:

  1. Get LatLng (LatLng M) of the clicked marker.
  2. Convert LatLng M to a Point (Point M) using the Projection.toScreenLocation(LatLng) method. This gives you the location of the marker on the device’s display (in pixels).
  3. Compute the location of a point (New Point) that’s above Point M by half of the map’s height.
  4. Convert the New Point back to LatLng and center the map on it.

Look here for my answer on how to get the map’s height.

    // googleMap is a GoogleMap object
    // view is a View object containing the inflated map
    // marker is a Marker object
    Projection projection = googleMap.getProjection();
    LatLng markerPosition = marker.getPosition();
    Point markerPoint = projection.toScreenLocation(markerPosition);
    Point targetPoint = new Point(markerPoint.x, markerPoint.y - view.getHeight() / 2);
    LatLng targetPosition = projection.fromScreenLocation(targetPoint);
    googleMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(targetPosition), 1000, null);

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