Vector Marker Support

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

Hi i was trying to add a vector image to marker but realized it only supports BitmapDescriptor

Example icon = BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromResource(R.drawable.ic_icon_png)

Describe the solution you’d like

I think you could change BitmapDescriptor to something more general and accept drawable and than based on that you can create Bitmap or maybe even overloaded function.

Describe alternatives you’ve considered

I have tried this:

Marker(
...
  icon = getBitmapFromVector(context,theme)
)

fun getBitmapFromVector(context: Context, theme: Resources.Theme): Bitmap? {
    return ResourcesCompat.getDrawable(context.resources, R.drawable.ic_vector, theme)?.toBitmap();
}

also might be usefull for someone

Marker(
  icon = getBitmapFromVector(
    LocalContext.current,
    R.drawable.ic_image,
    0xffff0000.toInt()
  )
)

fun getBitmapFromVector(
    context: Context,
    drawableRes: Int,
    color: Int = 0x00000000.toInt()
): BitmapDescriptor? {
    val drawable = ResourcesCompat.getDrawable(context.resources, drawableRes, null)
    if (drawable != null) {
        drawable.colorFilter = BlendModeColorFilterCompat
            .createBlendModeColorFilterCompat(
                color,
                BlendModeCompat.SRC_ATOP
            )
        return BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromBitmap(drawable.toBitmap())
    }
    return null;
}

Additional context

Using Build.gradle

    // Google Maps
    implementation "com.google.maps.android:maps-compose:2.1.0"
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:18.0.2'
    implementation 'com.google.maps.android:android-maps-utils:2.3.0'

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https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/220892485

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