MapsIndoors locations can have a variety of additional details, such as phone numbers, websites, emails, and opening hours. These details can be managed in the CMS, read this article for how to set them up or edit them.
This guide shows how to access and display these details in your Android app, both in code and in a Jetpack Compose UI.
Each MPLocation object contains an additionalDetails property, which is a list of detail objects. Each detail has a type, value, key, and other fields. You can iterate through these details and handle them according to their type.
{% code title="Print all details example" overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}
fun printDetails(location: MPLocation) {
// Get the list of additional details from the location
val details = location.additionalDetails
if (details.isNullOrEmpty()) return // No details to print
for (detail in details) {
// Only print active details
if (detail.active != true) continue
// Print a message depending on the detail type
print(
when (detail.detailType) {
MPDetailType.Text ->
// Text details (e.g. description)
"${location.name} additional information: ${detail.value}"
MPDetailType.Phone ->
// Phone details (all details have a key for identification)
"${location.name}'s phone number (${detail.key}): ${detail.value}"
MPDetailType.URL ->
// URL details (details can have user friendly display text)
"${location.name}'s website: ${detail.value} (label: ${detail.displayText})"
MPDetailType.Email ->
// Email details (details can be supplied with an icon URL)
"${location.name}'s email: ${detail.value} (icon: ${detail.icon})"
MPDetailType.OpeningHours ->
// Opening hours (has a special field 'openingHours' that is only used for this)
"${location.name} opening hours: ${detail.openingHours?.toString()}"
null ->
// Unknown detail type
"Unknown detail type for ${location.name}"
}
)
}
}{% endcode %}
Note: A single location can have multiple details of the same type. Use unique keys to distinguish them.
Your locations can have multiple details, in this case the location has multiple phone numbers: customer service and sales with the respective keys customerService and sales, you can filter and print them by key:
{% code title="Print specific phone numbers example" overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}
fun printPhoneNumbers(location: MPLocation) {
// Get the list of additional details
val details = location.additionalDetails
if (details.isNullOrEmpty()) return
// Filter for phone number details
details.filter { it.detailType == MPDetailType.Phone }.forEach { phoneDetail ->
// Print a message based on the key
when (phoneDetail.key) {
"customerService" -> print("Reach Customer Service: ${phoneDetail.value}")
"sales" -> print("Reach Sales: ${phoneDetail.value}")
else -> print("Reach ${phoneDetail.displayText} number: ${phoneDetail.value}")
}
}
}{% endcode %}
You can present additional details in your app's UI using Jetpack Compose. Below are two examples: one for showing all phone numbers, and one for showing all details in a single list.
{% code title="PhoneNumbersList composable" overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}
@Composable
fun PhoneNumbersList(location: MPLocation) {
// Filter for phone number details
val phoneDetails = location.additionalDetails
?.filter { it.detailType == MPDetailType.Phone }
.orEmpty()
if (phoneDetails.isEmpty()) {
// Show a message if there are no phone numbers
Text("No phone numbers available")
return
}
// Display each phone number in a column
Column {
phoneDetails.forEach { detail ->
// Choose a label based on the key
val label = when (detail.key) {
"customerService" -> "Customer Service"
"sales" -> "Sales"
else -> detail.displayText ?: "Other"
}
// Show the label and value
Text("$label: ${detail.value}")
}
}
}{% endcode %}
You can display all available details for a location in a single composable. This example shows phone numbers, emails, URLs, text, and opening hours in a unified list, with comments explaining each step:
{% code title="LocationDetailsList composable" overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}
@Composable
fun LocationDetailsList(location: MPLocation) {
// Get all active details for the location
val details = location.additionalDetails.orEmpty().filter { it.active == true }
if (details.isEmpty()) {
// Show a message if there are no details
Text("No details available")
return
}
// Display all details in a column, sorted by type for grouping
Column {
details.sortedBy { it.detailType?.ordinal ?: 0 }.forEach { detail ->
when (detail.detailType) {
MPDetailType.Phone -> {
// Show phone numbers with a label based on the key
val label = when (detail.key) {
"customerService" -> "Customer Service"
"sales" -> "Sales"
else -> detail.displayText ?: "Other Phone"
}
Text("$label: ${detail.value}")
}
MPDetailType.Email -> {
// Show email address
Text("Email: ${detail.value}")
}
MPDetailType.URL -> {
// Show website with display text if available
val label = detail.displayText ?: "Website"
Text("$label: ${detail.value}")
}
MPDetailType.Text -> {
// Show generic text info
Text("Info: ${detail.value}")
}
MPDetailType.OpeningHours -> {
// Show opening hours, or N/A if missing
Text("Opening hours: ${detail.openingHours?.toString() ?: "N/A"}")
}
else -> {
// Fallback for unknown types
Text("Other: ${detail.value}")
}
}
}
}
}{% endcode %}
This composable will show all the different types of additional details for a location in a single list, making it easy to present all relevant information to the user.