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How to move position of ZoomControls in google map android?

I'm implementing google maps in my Android app, I have managed to implement google map up and running. Now the problem is current design of the application that I'm getting overlap of the zoom control in google map. How do I move this zoom control to another position? Thanks

you can try this code
mMap.getUiSettings().setZoomControlsEnabled(true); //enable the zoomcontrol
int ZoomControl_id = 0x1; //id of zoomcontrol
int MyLocation_button_id = 0x2;
// Find ZoomControl view
View zoomControls = mapFragment.getView().findViewById(ZoomControl_id);
if (zoomControls != null && zoomControls.getLayoutParams() instanceof
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams) {
// ZoomControl is inside of RelativeLayout
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams params = (RelativeLayout.LayoutParams) zoomControls.getLayoutParams();
// Align it to - parent top|left
params.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_TOP);
params.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_LEFT);
// Update margins, set to 15dp
final int margin = (int) TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 150, getResources().getDisplayMetrics());
params.setMargins(margin, margin, margin, margin);
}

Set a view's width to be relative to device screen programmatically

I have a horizontal RecyclerView with child elements which I want to change the width of to be a bit less than the current match_parent set via the layout. I want to do this so that the next element in list is a bit visible on screen.
In the adapter onCreateViewHolder I am doing this:
ViewGroup.LayoutParams params = view.getLayoutParams();
params.width = MainActivity.deviceWidth - (int) MainActivity.dpToPx(40.0f);
view.setLayoutParams(params);
where MainActivity.deviceWidth is:
DisplayMetrics displaymetrics = new DisplayMetrics();
this.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(displaymetrics);
deviceWidth = displaymetrics.widthPixels;
screenDensity = Resources.getSystem().getDisplayMetrics().density;
and dpToPx is this function:
public static float dpToPx(float dp) {
return (dp * screenDensity + 0.5f);
}
This works. however, I noticed that on different devices, the "margin" I am setting is not always the same. I.e. the next card in the RecyclerView is not always showing the same amount.
Is the dpToPx conversion correct? I might be missing something else in my calculation but I am not sure what.
Update
Changing:
params.width = MainActivity.deviceWidth - (int) MainActivity.dpToPx(40.0f);
To:
params.width = (int) (MainActivity.deviceWidth *0.9);
works!. I am fine with this solution. I just want to know why the previous one does not work...

place images inside a layout android

I want to place some images (triggered on click action) inside a layout. I have to place them such that they don't get out of the parent layout.
Code I'm using to add a new image on clicking the layout:
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.layout);
ImageView image = new ImageView(this);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams coordinates = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
image.setLayoutParams(coordinates);
image.setImageResource(R.drawable.image);
layout.addView(image);
If I press on the layout , I must see my imageView put randomly.
Random random = new Random();
int x = random.nextInt(layout.getWidth());
int y = random.nextInt(layout.getHeight());
image.setX(x);
image.setY(y);
But this won't do it. And I see those images outside my layout too.

You are setting x & y which are upper left-top corner - starting point of image to display it. As x/y value can be right/bottom corner, therefore, your image goes out of layout in that case.
Please note - x, y are starting point from where your image will be drawn.
You need to make sure that layoutWidth - x >= imageWidth and layoutHeight - y >= imageHeight.

ANDROID JAVA move control in direction in degrees

How do you move an control (for example a ImageView) in a certain direcion in degrees. There is no coordinate where the control needs to stop moving. we want to move it in a direction in degrees (0-360)
This doesn't work:
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams params = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
params.setMargins(100,75, 0,0);
params.topMargin= 100;

Found the solution, this is it:
Sinus was the solution...
RelativeLayout root = (RelativeLayout) findViewById( R.id.rootLayout );
int originalPos[] = new int[2];
bal.getLocationOnScreen( originalPos );
Double sin = (Math.sin(Math.toRadians(degrees)) * (root.getHeight() / 2 )) / Math.sin(Math.toRadians(90 - degrees));

ImageView disappears after LayoutParams Change

I added a ImageView to my LinearLayout in the onCreate method programmatically and it worked as it should.
img = new ImageView(this);
img.setImageResource(R.drawable.source);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
params.setMargins(0, 50, 0, 0);
img.setLayoutParams(params);
layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.index_view);
layout.addView(img);
And the I want to change it's x and y coordinates when the user touches the screen.
onTouch method - case ACTION_MOVE:
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
params.setMargins(newX, newY, 0, 0);
img.setLayoutParams(params);
the newX and newY are calculated based on the users touch-coordinates
But this code doesn't seem to work correctly.
I created toasts to show me the Image width after every touch and it showed me that the width is set to zero after first touch. This tells me: ImageView disappeared.
Any guesses?

I am assuming that you made sure that you are getting newX, newY values in onTouch().
I feel that your aim is to edit the Layout parameters but instead of doing that what you are doing is, you are assigning a new set of parameters with width and height as LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT and then setting the margins.
You might try to first get the existing parameters as follows:
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params =
( LinearLayout.LayoutParams) img.getLayoutParams();
Then change the margin:
params.setMargins(newX, newY, 0, 0);
img.setLayoutParams(params);
Try it and notify if it helps. If not then we can talk further.