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Android MapView in high resolution?

I have created a simple mapping program that shows the sales of a local garage in my city. It was simple enough to create and I am parsing the Google Maps XML document (html) xml that the local paper uses on their google maps mashups on their website.

I noticed that the Map Tiles used in the MapView class are not as high as the tiles used in the real Google Maps Google app (I have a Droid). I have searched docs and google but I cannot find information on this. In fact, I can't even say that anyone mentions this, which surprises me and makes me think I am missing something simple. Is this an example of how Google makes the API available but at a lower quality, or am I missing some settings that allow for better quality maps?

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Ok, now that I have published my app on the app store, it now has a high resolution curve. What probably changed the behavior was that I added the tag <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7"/>

to the file AndroidManifest.xml

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Also, all I did was add a new menu icon, publish it and download it from the marketplace, rather than manually install it. Hope that helps someone.

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You don't have any settings. Google controls the map tiles that come in addition to Google Maps for Android. There may be technical or contractual reasons for their current implementation.



Unfortunately!

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I think Android 1.6 (sdk = 4) added high-res tiles as well as the ability to use high, medium and low-res images.

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