Removing overlays from mapView

Issue

I create overlays in mapView , the problem is when I get back to the mapsview activity again, i see the overlays that i previously made. i have tried to remove overlays in ondestroy method which doesnt help.Tried all, trust me.heres the code...Also in onCreate() i have used mapView.invalidate(); which doesnt help either. I just want to get rid of overlays when the activity is finished. Any solution?

   @Override
protected void onDestroy(){ 
    super.onDestroy();
    stopWorker=true;
    mapView.invalidate();
    mapView.postInvalidate();
    for (int i=0; i<mapView.getOverlays().size(); i++ ) {
        mapView.getOverlays().remove(i);
    }

    Toast.makeText(this,"map destroy ...", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    mapView.getOverlays().clear();
}

Solution

Seems like your activity is not getting Finished. Only if the Activity is finished, it will enter the onDestroy state. Try writing the same code in onPause() or onResume().

Answered By - Austin