How can I use JSX as the content for an InfoWindow in the Google Maps API

Question

Can you tell me How can I use JSX as the content for an InfoWindow in the Google Maps API?

Answer 1

To use JSX as content for an InfoWindow in Google Maps API use the following steps :

Render JSX to HTML: JSX content needs to be rendered to an HTML string or element for the InfoWindow because Google Maps API expects HTML, not JSX.

Render JSX using React: ReactDOM.render() allows you to render JSX to a DOM element. You then set that as the content for your InfoWindow.

Code:

import React from 'react';

import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';

function App() {

  useEffect(() => {

    const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {

      zoom: 8,

      center: { lat: -34.397, lng: 150.644 },

});

    const infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();

    // JSX content for the InfoWindow

    const content = (

      <div>

        <h1>InfoWindow Title</h1>

        <p>This is an InfoWindow created using JSX!</p>

      </div>

    );

// Create a div element to render the JSX into

    const div = document.createElement("div");

    // Render the JSX into the div element

    ReactDOM.render(content, div);

    // Set the rendered content as the InfoWindow's content

    infoWindow.setContent(div);

    const marker = new google.maps.Marker({

position: { lat: -34.397, lng: 150.644 },

      map: map,

    });

    marker.addListener("click", () => {

      infoWindow.open(map, marker);

    });

  }, []);

  return <div id="map" style={{ height: "500px" }} />;

}

export default App;