MapView.preLoad() does what exactly?

Issue

What does the Android MapView.preLoad() method really do? "The API states Preload the tiles at the map's current center". What does this mean and can I somehow use it to speed up loading of the map in my MapView?

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Solution

It means the actual map graphics and information for the map is loaded from google maps. You can't use this to really speed up loading (the actual load time in the end will be about the same), but you might be able to do loading of data BEFORE the user decides to go into your map view. Which would of course help a lot, but it all depends in your application and how the user interacts with it.

Answered By - Stefan H Singer