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Beta SDK deprecation notice:The Beta version of the SDK is deprecated and scheduled for decommissioning, and it's no longer available for new usage. The features described in this topic are currently accessed via the Beta SDK. A future version of the SDK will provide similar support for these features.
See the release notes for more information. Use the Maps V3 BETA Migration Tool to help with migrating from the deprecated Beta version to a supported version.
Version 3.1.0 beta of the Maps SDK for Android is a new implementation with the same API surface as the previous version (all classes and methods remain the same), and some new features for you to try:
This guide shows you how to use the new features.
Maps customization (beta)cloud-based maps styling provides a variety of tools and features that let you customize and manage how your maps are styled. Rather than styling your map in code using the Maps APIs and SDKs, you can manage and style your maps in the Google Cloud console. For more information, see Android Map Customization Overview.
Marker collision handling (beta)You can specify whether custom markers should override default basemap labels when there is a collision, and to indicate relative priority between custom markers. For more information, see Marker Collision Handling (Android).
Polyline Customization (beta)There are now several new ways to customize the appearance of polylines:
You can use spans to individually color segments of a polyline, by creating StyleSpan objects, and adding them to PolylineOptions using the addSpan() or addSpans() methods. By default, each item in the array will set the color of the corresponding line segment.
You can define a gradient by specifying two 32-bit alpha-red-green-blue (ARGB) integers, to specify the beginning and ending colors of the stroke. Set this property on the shape's options object by calling PolylineOptions.addSpan().
You can set the appearance of a polyline to a repeating bitmap texture. To do this, create a StampStyle of TextureStyle, then set this property on the shape's options object by calling PolylineOptions.addSpan().
If you are using the Google Maps Android API utility library, you must also update your project dependencies to replace the existing version with the beta-compatible version using the following steps:
build.gradle file:
implementation 'com.google.maps.android:android-maps-utils-v3:1.3.1'
build.gradle to remove non-beta-compatible utility library:
implementation 'com.google.maps.android:android-maps-utils:1.3.1'
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Last updated 2025-08-14 UTC.
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