I'm writing an Android app, and I'd like to zoomIn as soon as the map has been loaded. I get the following error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: width and height must be > 0 This MapActivity - width and height must be > 0 question suggests the problem is the zoomIn() method is in the onCreate() method. But I get same error when I put it in the onResume() method. I've been searching for hours and I can't find anything about it at http://developer.android.com or anywhere else... Also I can't find a way to get the time point the map has been loaded. A "MapLoadedListener" or something like that... EDIT Here is my code: public class AMap extends MapActivity{ private final String LOG_TAG = this.getClass().getSimpleName(); private Context mContext; private Chronometer timer; private TextView tvCountdown; private RelativeLayout rl; private MapView mapView; private MapController mapController; private List<Overlay> mapOverlays; private PlayersOverlay playersOverlay; private Drawable drawable; private Builder endDialog; private ContextThemeWrapper ctw; private Handler mHandler = new Handler(); private Player player = new Player(); private StartTask startTask; private EndTask endTask; private MyDBAdapter mdba; private Cursor playersCursor; private UpdateBroadcastReceiver r; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.map_view); mContext = AMap.this; // set map mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapview); mapView.setBuiltInZoomControls(true); mapView.setFocusable(true); // find the relative layout rl = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.rl); // set the chronometer timer = (Chronometer) findViewById(R.id.tv_timer); timer.setBackgroundColor(Color.DKGRAY); // set the countdown textview tvCountdown = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_countdown); // Open DB connection and get players Cursor mdba = new MyDBAdapter(mContext); mdba.open(); playersCursor = mdba.getGame(); // Get this player's id and location Intent starter = this.getIntent(); player.setId(starter.getIntExtra("id", 0)); player.setLatitude(starter.getDoubleExtra("lat", 0)); player.setLongitude(starter.getDoubleExtra("lon", 0)); // Set this player's location as map's center GeoPoint geoPoint = new GeoPoint((int) (player.getLatitude()*1E6), (int) (player.getLongitude()*1E6)); mapController = mapView.getController(); mapController.setCenter(geoPoint); mapController.setZoom(15); Log.d(LOG_TAG, "My playersCursor has "+playersCursor.getCount()+" rows"); // drawable is needed but not used drawable = this.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_launcher); // set PlayersOverlay (locations and statuses) playersOverlay = new PlayersOverlay(player.getId(), playersCursor, drawable, this); mapOverlays = mapView.getOverlays(); mapOverlays.add(playersOverlay); mHandler.postDelayed(mUpdateTimeTask, 100); } private Runnable mUpdateTimeTask = new Runnable() { public void run() { int h = mapView.getLayoutParams().height; int w = mapView.getLayoutParams().width; Log.d(LOG_TAG, "w = "+w+" , h = "+h); mHandler.postAtTime(this, System.currentTimeMillis() + 1000); } }; @Override public void onAttachedToWindow(){ Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Attached to Window"); int h = mapView.getLayoutParams().height; int w = mapView.getLayoutParams().width; Log.d(LOG_TAG, " Attached to window: w = "+w+" , h = "+h); //mapController.zoomInFixing(screenPoint.x, screenPoint.y); } public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasFocus){ Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Focus changed to: "+hasFocus); int h = mapView.getLayoutParams().height; int w = mapView.getLayoutParams().width; Log.d(LOG_TAG, " Window focus changed: w = "+w+" , h = "+h); //mapController.zoomInFixing(screenPoint.x, screenPoint.y); } @Override protected void onStart(){ super.onStart(); // Create and register the broadcast receiver for messages from service IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(AppConstants.iGAME_UPDATE); r = new UpdateBroadcastReceiver(); registerReceiver(r, filter); // Create the dialog for end of game ctw = new ContextThemeWrapper(mContext, android.R.style.Theme_Translucent_NoTitleBar_Fullscreen); endDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(ctw); endDialog.setMessage("End of Game"); endDialog.setCancelable(false); endDialog.setNeutralButton("OK", new OnClickListener(){ @Override public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) { Intent highScores = new Intent(AMap.this, HighScores.class); startActivity(highScores); playersCursor.close(); finish(); } }); } @Override protected void onStop() { if(!playersCursor.isClosed()) playersCursor.close(); unregisterReceiver(r); mdba.close(); super.onStop(); } @Override protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() { return false; } // Receives signal from NetworkService that DB has been updated public class UpdateBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver { boolean startSignal, update, endSignal; @Override public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { endSignal = intent.getBooleanExtra("endSignal", false); if(endSignal){ Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Game Update BroadcastReceiver received End Signal"); endTask = new EndTask(); endTask.execute(); return; } update = intent.getBooleanExtra("update", false); if(update){ Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Game Update BroadcastReceiver received game update"); playersCursor.requery(); mapView.invalidate(); return; } startSignal = intent.getBooleanExtra("startSignal", false); if(startSignal){ Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Game Update BroadcastReceiver received Start Signal"); startTask = new StartTask(); startTask.execute(); return; } } } class StartTask extends AsyncTask<Void,Integer,Void>{ private final ToneGenerator tg = new ToneGenerator(AudioManager.STREAM_NOTIFICATION, 100); private final long DELAY = 1200; @Override protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) { int i = 3; while(i>=0){ publishProgress(i); try { Thread.sleep(DELAY); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } i--; } return null; } @Override protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... progress){ tg.startTone(ToneGenerator.TONE_PROP_PROMPT); tvCountdown.setText(""+progress[0]); } @Override protected void onPostExecute(Void result) { rl.removeView(tvCountdown); timer.setBase(SystemClock.elapsedRealtime()); timer.start(); //enable screen touches playersOverlay.setGameStarted(true); } } class EndTask extends AsyncTask<Void,Void,Void>{ @Override protected void onPreExecute(){ //disable screen touches playersOverlay.setEndOfGame(true); timer.stop(); } @Override protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) { return null; } @Override protected void onPostExecute(Void result) { try{ endDialog.show(); }catch(Exception e){ Toast.makeText(mContext, "End of game", Toast.LENGTH_LONG); Intent highScores = new Intent(AMap.this, HighScores.class); startActivity(highScores); playersCursor.close(); finish(); } mHandler.removeCallbacks(mUpdateTimeTask); } } }