Android: How to draw route directions google maps API V2 from current location to destination

Question

How to draw route direction from current location to destination which (latitude and longitude), i have code as below:

import android.os.Bundle;
import com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockActivity;

import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdateFactory;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions;

public class DetailMapActivity extends SherlockActivity {
    private GoogleMap map;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main_detail_map);

        LatLng TO_DESTINATION = new LatLng(-6.33438, 106.74316);

        map = ((MapFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map))
                .getMap();
        map.setMyLocationEnabled(true);

        map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(TO_DESTINATION).title("Destination Title")
                .snippet("Destination Description"));

        map.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(TO_LOCATION, 40));

        map.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo(10), 2000, null);
    }
}

I want to draw from current location by provider network or gps, and then draw the route by driving to destination.

I'm using android google apis V2.

Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

This works great for me:
It's not my code, I took it from a great answer at stackoverflow but I can't find this answer now, so here is the code:

Add this class to your project:

package ...;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.protocol.BasicHttpContext;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.Log;

public class GMapV2Direction {
    public final static String MODE_DRIVING = "driving";
    public final static String MODE_WALKING = "walking";

    public GMapV2Direction() {
    }

    public Document getDocument(LatLng start, LatLng end, String mode) {
        String url = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/xml?"
                + "origin=" + start.latitude + "," + start.longitude
                + "&destination=" + end.latitude + "," + end.longitude
                + "&sensor=false&units=metric&mode=driving";
        Log.d("url", url);
        try {
            HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
            HttpContext localContext = new BasicHttpContext();
            HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url);
            HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpPost, localContext);
            InputStream in = response.getEntity().getContent();
            DocumentBuilder builder = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance()
                    .newDocumentBuilder();
            Document doc = builder.parse(in);
            return doc;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;
    }

    public String getDurationText(Document doc) {
        try {

            NodeList nl1 = doc.getElementsByTagName("duration");
            Node node1 = nl1.item(0);
            NodeList nl2 = node1.getChildNodes();
            Node node2 = nl2.item(getNodeIndex(nl2, "text"));
            Log.i("DurationText", node2.getTextContent());
            return node2.getTextContent();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return "0";
        }
    }

    public int getDurationValue(Document doc) {
        try {
            NodeList nl1 = doc.getElementsByTagName("duration");
            Node node1 = nl1.item(0);
            NodeList nl2 = node1.getChildNodes();
            Node node2 = nl2.item(getNodeIndex(nl2, "value"));
            Log.i("DurationValue", node2.getTextContent());
            return Integer.parseInt(node2.getTextContent());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return -1;
        }
    }

    public String getDistanceText(Document doc) {
        /*
         * while (en.hasMoreElements()) { type type = (type) en.nextElement();
         * 
         * }
         */

        try {
            NodeList nl1;
            nl1 = doc.getElementsByTagName("distance");

            Node node1 = nl1.item(nl1.getLength() - 1);
            NodeList nl2 = null;
            nl2 = node1.getChildNodes();
            Node node2 = nl2.item(getNodeIndex(nl2, "value"));
            Log.d("DistanceText", node2.getTextContent());
            return node2.getTextContent();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return "-1";
        }

        /*
         * NodeList nl1; if(doc.getElementsByTagName("distance")!=null){ nl1=
         * doc.getElementsByTagName("distance");
         * 
         * Node node1 = nl1.item(nl1.getLength() - 1); NodeList nl2 = null; if
         * (node1.getChildNodes() != null) { nl2 = node1.getChildNodes(); Node
         * node2 = nl2.item(getNodeIndex(nl2, "value")); Log.d("DistanceText",
         * node2.getTextContent()); return node2.getTextContent(); } else return
         * "-1";} else return "-1";
         */
    }

    public int getDistanceValue(Document doc) {
        try {
            NodeList nl1 = doc.getElementsByTagName("distance");
            Node node1 = null;
            node1 = nl1.item(nl1.getLength() - 1);
            NodeList nl2 = node1.getChildNodes();
            Node node2 = nl2.item(getNodeIndex(nl2, "value"));
            Log.i("DistanceValue", node2.getTextContent());
            return Integer.parseInt(node2.getTextContent());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return -1;
        }
        /*
         * NodeList nl1 = doc.getElementsByTagName("distance"); Node node1 =
         * null; if (nl1.getLength() > 0) node1 = nl1.item(nl1.getLength() - 1);
         * if (node1 != null) { NodeList nl2 = node1.getChildNodes(); Node node2
         * = nl2.item(getNodeIndex(nl2, "value")); Log.i("DistanceValue",
         * node2.getTextContent()); return
         * Integer.parseInt(node2.getTextContent()); } else return 0;
         */
    }

    public String getStartAddress(Document doc) {
        try {
            NodeList nl1 = doc.getElementsByTagName("start_address");
            Node node1 = nl1.item(0);
            Log.i("StartAddress", node1.getTextContent());
            return node1.getTextContent();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return "-1";
        }

    }

    public String getEndAddress(Document doc) {
        try {
            NodeList nl1 = doc.getElementsByTagName("end_address");
            Node node1 = nl1.item(0);
            Log.i("StartAddress", node1.getTextContent());
            return node1.getTextContent();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return "-1";        
    }
    }
    public String getCopyRights(Document doc) {
        try {
            NodeList nl1 = doc.getElementsByTagName("copyrights");
            Node node1 = nl1.item(0);
            Log.i("CopyRights", node1.getTextContent());
            return node1.getTextContent();
        } catch (Exception e) {
        return "-1";
        }

    }

    public ArrayList<LatLng> getDirection(Document doc) {
        NodeList nl1, nl2, nl3;
        ArrayList<LatLng> listGeopoints = new ArrayList<LatLng>();
        nl1 = doc.getElementsByTagName("step");
        if (nl1.getLength() > 0) {
            for (int i = 0; i < nl1.getLength(); i++) {
                Node node1 = nl1.item(i);
                nl2 = node1.getChildNodes();

                Node locationNode = nl2
                        .item(getNodeIndex(nl2, "start_location"));
                nl3 = locationNode.getChildNodes();
                Node latNode = nl3.item(getNodeIndex(nl3, "lat"));
                double lat = Double.parseDouble(latNode.getTextContent());
                Node lngNode = nl3.item(getNodeIndex(nl3, "lng"));
                double lng = Double.parseDouble(lngNode.getTextContent());
                listGeopoints.add(new LatLng(lat, lng));

                locationNode = nl2.item(getNodeIndex(nl2, "polyline"));
                nl3 = locationNode.getChildNodes();
                latNode = nl3.item(getNodeIndex(nl3, "points"));
                ArrayList<LatLng> arr = decodePoly(latNode.getTextContent());
                for (int j = 0; j < arr.size(); j++) {
                    listGeopoints.add(new LatLng(arr.get(j).latitude, arr
                            .get(j).longitude));
                }

                locationNode = nl2.item(getNodeIndex(nl2, "end_location"));
                nl3 = locationNode.getChildNodes();
                latNode = nl3.item(getNodeIndex(nl3, "lat"));
                lat = Double.parseDouble(latNode.getTextContent());
                lngNode = nl3.item(getNodeIndex(nl3, "lng"));
                lng = Double.parseDouble(lngNode.getTextContent());
                listGeopoints.add(new LatLng(lat, lng));
            }
        }

        return listGeopoints;
    }

    private int getNodeIndex(NodeList nl, String nodename) {
        for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
            if (nl.item(i).getNodeName().equals(nodename))
                return i;
        }
        return -1;
    }

    private ArrayList<LatLng> decodePoly(String encoded) {
        ArrayList<LatLng> poly = new ArrayList<LatLng>();
        int index = 0, len = encoded.length();
        int lat = 0, lng = 0;
        while (index < len) {
            int b, shift = 0, result = 0;
            do {
                b = encoded.charAt(index++) - 63;
                result |= (b & 0x1f) << shift;
                shift += 5;
            } while (b >= 0x20);
            int dlat = ((result & 1) != 0 ? ~(result >> 1) : (result >> 1));
            lat += dlat;
            shift = 0;
            result = 0;
            do {
                b = encoded.charAt(index++) - 63;
                result |= (b & 0x1f) << shift;
                shift += 5;
            } while (b >= 0x20);
            int dlng = ((result & 1) != 0 ? ~(result >> 1) : (result >> 1));
            lng += dlng;

            LatLng position = new LatLng((double) lat / 1E5, (double) lng / 1E5);
            poly.add(position);
        }
        return poly;
    }
}

Then use this class for your needs.
For example to draw directions:

GMapV2Direction md = new GMapV2Direction();
mMap = ((SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager()
                    .findFragmentById(R.id.map)).getMap();
Document doc = md.getDocument(sourcePosition, destPosition,
                    GMapV2Direction.MODE_DRIVING);

ArrayList<LatLng> directionPoint = md.getDirection(doc);
            PolylineOptions rectLine = new PolylineOptions().width(3).color(
                    Color.RED);

            for (int i = 0; i < directionPoint.size(); i++) {
                rectLine.add(directionPoint.get(i));
            }
            Polyline polylin = mMap.addPolyline(rectLine);

The sourcePosition, destPosition are from the LatLng type, and you give them the wanted points.

I wrote here parts from my code that I think could help, Any question is welcome.