In this video, you will learn how to implement Google Maps in your Android Kotlin project. Android Studio is the recommended development environment for building an app with the Maps SDK for Android.
Follow these steps to create a new app project with a map activity:

Start Android Studio.
Create a new project as follows:

If you are starting the Android Studio, you will see the Welcome to Android Studio dialog, choose Start a new Android Studio project, available under ‘Quick Start’ on the right of the dialog.

If your Android Studio is already open or open directly without the welcome popup, click File in the Android Studio menu bar, then New, New Project.
Now, as you see the Choose your project dialog, select the tab that corresponds to the platform you intended to develop application for as most users will want to keep the default Phone and Tablet.
Select Google Maps Activity, then click Next.
Enter your app name, package name, and project location, programming language (Java or Kotlin), and the minimum Android API level supported by your app, then click Finish.
After creating the new project, Android Studio starts Gradle and builds your project, which may take a few seconds.

Once the building of the project finished, Android Studio opens the google_maps_api.xml and the MapsActivity.java files in the editor. (Note that your activity may have a different name, but it will be the one you configured during setup.) Notice that the google_maps_api.xml file contains instructions for getting a Google Maps API key before running the application. The next section describes getting the API key in more detail.

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