[Google Static Maps] Handle styled Maps with the "style" parameter

[Kobee1203]

I use the Google Static Maps API and I would like to customize the presentation of the Map by applying my own styles.

I found this documentation: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/maps-static/styling

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

But I can't find a method in StaticMapsRequest.java to add styles.

As an alternative, I used StaticMapsRequest.custom(...) method.

req.custom("style", "feature:poi|visibility:off");

But I can't add multiple styles, because the custom method allows to add just one 'style' parameter.

I can't do the following:

StaticMapsRequest req = StaticMapsApi.newRequest(sc.context, new Size(WIDTH, HEIGHT));
req.center("Google Sydney");
req.zoom(16);

req.custom("style", "feature:poi|visibility:off");
req.custom("style", "feature:landscape|visibility:off");

ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(req.await().imageData);
BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(bais); 

Describe the solution you'd like
I would like to have a method to handle the 'style' parameter.

req.style(
    new Style()
        .feature(new StyleFeature().poi())
        .element(new StyleElement().labels().icon())
        .rules(new StyleRules().color(java.awt.Color.WHITE))
);
req.style(
    new Style()
        .feature(new StyleFeature().landscape().man_made())
        .rules(new StyleRules().visbility().off())
);

Describe alternatives you've considered
The custom method allows to add a single string:

public A custom(String parameter, String value) {
    return this.param(parameter, value);
}

An alternative would be to add a new custom method that allows a list of Strings:

public A custom(String parameter, List<String> values) {
    values.forEach(v -> this.paramAddToList(parameter, v));
    return this.getInstance();
}

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[Kobee1203]

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[BesitecMH]

It is still valid.

[BesitecMH]

This is what I did as a minimum workaround:

public final class MyStaticMapsRequest extends StaticMapsRequest {
	/**
	 * Instantiates a new my static maps request.
	 *
	 * @param context the context
	 */
	private MyStaticMapsRequest(GeoApiContext context) {
		super(context);
	}

	/**
	 * Of.
	 *
	 * @param context the context
	 * @param size the size
	 * @return the my static maps request
	 */
	public static MyStaticMapsRequest of(GeoApiContext context, Size size) {
		MyStaticMapsRequest request = new MyStaticMapsRequest(context);
		request.size(size);
		return request;
	}

	@Override
	public MyStaticMapsRequest center(LatLng location) {
		return (MyStaticMapsRequest) super.center(location);
	}

	@Override
	public MyStaticMapsRequest center(String location) {
		return (MyStaticMapsRequest) super.center(location);
	}

	@Override
	public MyStaticMapsRequest format(ImageFormat format) {
		return (MyStaticMapsRequest) super.format(format);
	}

	@Override
	public MyStaticMapsRequest maptype(StaticMapType maptype) {
		return (MyStaticMapsRequest) super.maptype(maptype);
	}

	@Override
	public MyStaticMapsRequest markers(Markers markers) {
		return (MyStaticMapsRequest) super.markers(markers);
	}

	@Override
	public MyStaticMapsRequest path(EncodedPolyline path) {
		return (MyStaticMapsRequest) super.path(path);
	}

	@Override
	public MyStaticMapsRequest path(Path path) {
		return (MyStaticMapsRequest) super.path(path);
	}

	@Override
	public MyStaticMapsRequest region(String region) {
		return (MyStaticMapsRequest) super.region(region);
	}

	@Override
	public MyStaticMapsRequest scale(int scale) {
		return (MyStaticMapsRequest) super.scale(scale);
	}

	@Override
	public MyStaticMapsRequest size(Size size) {
		return (MyStaticMapsRequest) super.size(size);
	}

	@Override
	public MyStaticMapsRequest visible(LatLng visibleLocation) {
		return (MyStaticMapsRequest) super.visible(visibleLocation);
	}

	@Override
	public MyStaticMapsRequest visible(String visibleLocation) {
		return (MyStaticMapsRequest) super.visible(visibleLocation);
	}

	@Override
	public MyStaticMapsRequest zoom(int zoom) {
		return (MyStaticMapsRequest) super.zoom(zoom);
	}

	/**
	 * Style.
	 *
	 * @param value The value of the custom parameter.
	 * @return Returns the request for call chaining.
	 */
	public MyStaticMapsRequest style(String value) {
		return (MyStaticMapsRequest) paramAddToList("style", value);
	}