#KMZ VIEWER FOR GOOGLE HOW TO#
#KMZ VIEWER FOR GOOGLE ANDROID#
#KMZ VIEWER FOR GOOGLE PRO#
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Sub CreateFileProviderUri (Dir As String, FileName As String) As ObjectДЇileProvider.InitializeStatic('4.content.FileProvider')ДЇ.InitializeNewInstance('java.io.File', Array(Dir, FileName))

' Msgbox ('In order for this app to display pipeline assets in Google Earth, you must grant it permission to access files on your device so that the asset files can be copied to a storage location accessible by other apps.', 'Permission required!') 'ToastMessageShow ('Loading assets into Google Earth.' & CRLF & 'Please wait.', True):Sleep(0) IIntent.Initialize(iIntent.ACTION_VIEW, CreateFileProviderUri(sFolder, sAreaFilename)) ' iIntent.PutExtra('', CreateFileProviderUri(sFolder, sAreaFilename)) ' iIntent.SetType('text/plain') 'it is not related to the file itself. ' iIntent.Initialize(iIntent.ACTION_VIEW, '') ' iIntent.Initialize(iIntent.ACTION_VIEW, 'file://' & sFolder & '/' & sAreaFilename)

' Wait for Activity_PermissionResult (Permission As String, Result As Boolean) ' RTPerm.CheckAndRequest (RTPerm.PERMISSION_WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) Msgbox ('In order for this app to display pipeline assets in Google Earth, you must grant it permission to access files on your device so that the asset files can be copied to a storage location accessible by other apps.', 'Permission required!')Дim sFolder As String = RTPerm.GetSafeDirDefaultExternal ('maps') 'File.DirDefaultExternal If Msgbox2 ('Failed to start the Google Earth app.' & CRLF & CRLF & 'Would you like to try installing it now?', 'Uh-oh!', 'Yes', 'No', '', Null) = DialogResponse.POSITIVE Then InstallApp (0) ToastMessageShow ('Loading assets into Google Earth.' & CRLF & 'Please wait.', True):Sleep(0) IIntent.Initialize(iIntent.ACTION_VIEW, 'file://' & sFolder & '/' & sAreaFilename) 'Should be good regarding external storageДim iIntent As Intent, sPackage As String Msgbox ('Unable to load the pipeline map into Google Earth because the file could not be accessed.', 'Oops!') Msgbox ('Unable to load the pipeline map into Google Earth because the file could not be copied.' & CRLF & CRLF & 'Is your device low on space?', 'Oops!') Wait for Activity_PermissionResult (Permission As String, Result As Boolean) RTPerm.CheckAndRequest (RTPerm.PERMISSION_WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) Msgbox ('There are no pipeline assets associated with the Tulsa area.', Application.LabelName) App needs permission to access external folder.', True) ToastMessageShow ('Failed to copy ' & Chr(34) & sFN & Chr(34) & ' to public folder. If File.Exists (sFolder, sFN) = True Then Return True ' Already thereДЇile.Copy (File.DirAssets, sFN, sFolder, sFN)

#KMZ VIEWER FOR GOOGLE HOW TO#

Is anyone familiar with how to properly open a KMZ file with Google Earth on the latest version of Android?Дim sFolder As String = File.DirDefaultExternal 'RTPerm.GetSafeDirDefaultExternal ('') I'm not even sure if that is where the problem lies or not. I ran across the file provider tutorial and tried getting it to work that way but had no luck. On the new phones, the KMZ files get copied to an external folder properly but Google Earth fails to load them. We have KMZ files that show our pipeline map overlayed in Google Earth. Since changing over to the new phones though, one part of the app no longer works.

#KMZ VIEWER FOR GOOGLE ANDROID#

On the S9 now, we are running Android 8.0. I forget which version of Android the S7 had been on when we switched over but it had obviously been updated several times over the years we had it. My employer recently upgraded our company-provided cell phones and we went from the Galaxy S7 to the Galaxy S9. I recently changed the manifest to target API 23 and added support for Runtime permissions and it continued to work as expected.

Open over 400 file formats with File Viewer Plus.I wrote an app for my employer a while back and it has been working fine. Therefore, using the same URL from above, you would type the following URL in your Web browser:

For example, if your file is hosted at, type the URL in the search box and it will be displayed in Google Maps.ДЄlternatively, to display your KMZ file in Google Maps, you can construct the URL yourself by prefixing it with. NOTE: You can also open a KMZ file in Google Maps by saving the KMZ file to an online location and then typing the URL in the Google Maps search box. Or you can open the KML file with a text editor, since it is saved in a plain text format. You can then open the KML file with a GIS application, such as Google Earth, Google Earth Pro, Blue Marble Geographics Global Mapper, or ESRI ArcGIS Pro.

#KMZ VIEWER FOR GOOGLE ZIP#

zip, then decompressing them with a Zip utility. Since KMZ files are Zip-compressed KML files, you can also open them by changing the. To open a KMZ file with Google Earth Pro, select File в†’ Open.

#KMZ VIEWER FOR GOOGLE PRO#

The Google Earth Pro desktop application is a common choice for opening KMZ files. You can open KMZ files with a variety of mapping applications for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.

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