Change position of Google Maps API's "My location" button

You can get the "My Location" button and move it, like :

public class MapFragment extends SupportMapFragment {
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    View mapView = super.onCreateView(inflater, container, savedInstanceState);   

    // Get the button view 
    View locationButton = ((View) mapView.findViewById(1).getParent()).findViewById(2);

    // and next place it, for exemple, on bottom right (as Google Maps app)
    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams rlp = (RelativeLayout.LayoutParams) locationButton.getLayoutParams();
    // position on right bottom
    rlp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_TOP, 0);
    rlp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_BOTTOM, RelativeLayout.TRUE);
    rlp.setMargins(0, 0, 30, 30);
    }
}

Just use GoogleMap.setPadding(left, top, right, bottom), which allows you to indicate parts of the map that may be obscured by other views. Setting padding re-positions the standard map controls, and camera updates will use the padded region.

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/map#map_padding

This may not be the best solution, but you could place your own button over the map and handle it yourself. It would take the following:-

1) Put the map in a frameLayout and add your button on top. E.g.

<FrameLayout
    android:id="@+id/mapFrame"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >



    <fragment
        xmlns:map="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        android:id="@+id/mapFragment"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        class="com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment"
        map:mapType="normal"
        map:uiCompass="true" />

    <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/myMapLocationButton"
        android:layout_width="36dp"
        android:layout_height="36dp"
        android:layout_gravity="bottom|right"
        android:background="@drawable/myMapLocationDrawable"
        android:contentDescription="My Location" />

</FrameLayout>

2) Edit the maps UI settings so the button doesn't appear when you call setMyLocationEnabled(true). You can do this via map.getUiSettings(). setMyLocationButtonEnabled(false);

3) Handle the click of your new button to emulate what the supplied button does. E.g. call mMap.setMyLocationEnabled(...); and pan the map to the current location.

Hope that helps, or hope someone comes a long with a simpler solution for you ;-)