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Navigate on Android Map Using HTML Link

I have the following code that is currently opening the Native Map on Android
<a href="geo:37.6894694,-121.000303?q=37.6894694,-121.000303(The Name You Want To Show)">
Open Maps
</a>
So this opens the Native Maps. I want it to navigate from my current position to the address stated in the url link. But it is not showing me the function to navigate only address and directions thus I have to enter my own position.
Is there any way to state that it should route automatically once link is clicked

Android Studio 1.3.2 & above
You can refer to this tutorial
It shows how to draw a route map between two points, calculate distance and travel time.
public class DirectionsJSONParser {
/** Receives a JSONObject and returns a list of lists containing latitude and longitude */
public List<List<HashMap<String,String>>> parse(JSONObject jObject){
List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> routes = new ArrayList<List<HashMap<String,String>>>() ;
JSONArray jRoutes = null;
JSONArray jLegs = null;
JSONArray jSteps = null;
try {
jRoutes = jObject.getJSONArray("routes");
/** Traversing all routes */
for(int i=0;i<jRoutes.length();i++){
jLegs = ( (JSONObject)jRoutes.get(i)).getJSONArray("legs");
List path = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();
/** Traversing all legs */
for(int j=0;j<jLegs.length();j++){
jSteps = ( (JSONObject)jLegs.get(j)).getJSONArray("steps");
/** Traversing all steps */
for(int k=0;k<jSteps.length();k++){
String polyline = "";
polyline = (String)((JSONObject)((JSONObject)jSteps.get(k)).get("polyline")).get("points");
List<LatLng> list = decodePoly(polyline);
/** Traversing all points */
for(int l=0;l<list.size();l++){
HashMap<String, String> hm = new HashMap<String, String>();
hm.put("lat", Double.toString(((LatLng)list.get(l)).latitude) );
hm.put("lng", Double.toString(((LatLng)list.get(l)).longitude) );
path.add(hm);
}
}
routes.add(path);
}
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}catch (Exception e){
}
return routes;
}
/**
* Method to decode polyline points
* Courtesy : http://jeffreysambells.com/2010/05/27/decoding-polylines-from-google-maps-direction-api-with-java
* */
private List<LatLng> decodePoly(String encoded) {
List<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 p = new LatLng((((double) lat / 1E5)),
(((double) lng / 1E5)));
poly.add(p);
}
return poly;
}
}
MainActivity.Java
public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity {
GoogleMap map;
ArrayList<LatLng> markerPoints;
TextView tvDistanceDuration;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
tvDistanceDuration = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_distance_time);
// Initializing
markerPoints = new ArrayList<LatLng>();
// Getting reference to SupportMapFragment of the activity_main
SupportMapFragment fm = (SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map);
// Getting Map for the SupportMapFragment
map = fm.getMap();
// Enable MyLocation Button in the Map
map.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
// Setting onclick event listener for the map
map.setOnMapClickListener(new GoogleMap.OnMapClickListener() {
#Override
public void onMapClick(LatLng point) {
// Already two locations
if (markerPoints.size() > 1) {
markerPoints.clear();
map.clear();
}
// Adding new item to the ArrayList
markerPoints.add(point);
// Creating MarkerOptions
MarkerOptions options = new MarkerOptions();
// Setting the position of the marker
options.position(point);
/**
* For the start location, the color of marker is GREEN and
* for the end location, the color of marker is RED.
*/
if (markerPoints.size() == 1) {
options.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_GREEN));
} else if (markerPoints.size() == 2) {
options.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_RED));
}
// Add new marker to the Google Map Android API V2
map.addMarker(options);
// Checks, whether start and end locations are captured
if (markerPoints.size() >= 2) {
LatLng origin = markerPoints.get(0);
LatLng dest = markerPoints.get(1);
// Getting URL to the Google Directions API
String url = getDirectionsUrl(origin, dest);
DownloadTask downloadTask = new DownloadTask();
// Start downloading json data from Google Directions API
downloadTask.execute(url);
}
}
});
}
private String getDirectionsUrl(LatLng origin, LatLng dest) {
// Origin of route
String str_origin = "origin=" + origin.latitude + "," + origin.longitude;
// Destination of route
String str_dest = "destination=" + dest.latitude + "," + dest.longitude;
// Sensor enabled
String sensor = "sensor=false";
// Building the parameters to the web service
String parameters = str_origin + "&" + str_dest + "&" + sensor;
// Output format
String output = "json";
// Building the url to the web service
String url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/" + output + "?" + parameters;
return url;
}
/**
* A method to download json data from url
*/
private String downloadUrl(String strUrl) throws IOException {
String data = "";
InputStream iStream = null;
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
try {
URL url = new URL(strUrl);
// Creating an http connection to communicate with url
urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
// Connecting to url
urlConnection.connect();
// Reading data from url
iStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(iStream));
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
String line = "";
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line);
}
data = sb.toString();
br.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.d("Exception while downloading url", e.toString());
} finally {
iStream.close();
urlConnection.disconnect();
}
return data;
}
// Fetches data from url passed
private class DownloadTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
// Downloading data in non-ui thread
#Override
protected String doInBackground(String... url) {
// For storing data from web service
String data = "";
try {
// Fetching the data from web service
data = downloadUrl(url[0]);
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.d("Background Task", e.toString());
}
return data;
}
// Executes in UI thread, after the execution of
// doInBackground()
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
super.onPostExecute(result);
ParserTask parserTask = new ParserTask();
// Invokes the thread for parsing the JSON data
parserTask.execute(result);
}
}
/**
* A class to parse the Google Places in JSON format
*/
private class ParserTask extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, List<List<HashMap<String, String>>>> {
// Parsing the data in non-ui thread
#Override
protected List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> doInBackground(String... jsonData) {
JSONObject jObject;
List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> routes = null;
try {
jObject = new JSONObject(jsonData[0]);
DirectionsJSONParser parser = new DirectionsJSONParser();
// Starts parsing data
routes = parser.parse(jObject);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return routes;
}
// Executes in UI thread, after the parsing process
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> result) {
ArrayList<LatLng> points = null;
PolylineOptions lineOptions = null;
MarkerOptions markerOptions = new MarkerOptions();
String distance = "";
String duration = "";
if (result.size() < 1) {
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "No Points", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return;
}
// Traversing through all the routes
for (int i = 0; i < result.size(); i++) {
points = new ArrayList<LatLng>();
lineOptions = new PolylineOptions();
// Fetching i-th route
List<HashMap<String, String>> path = result.get(i);
// Fetching all the points in i-th route
for (int j = 0; j < path.size(); j++) {
HashMap<String, String> point = path.get(j);
if (j == 0) { // Get distance from the list
distance = (String) point.get("distance");
continue;
} else if (j == 1) { // Get duration from the list
duration = (String) point.get("duration");
continue;
}
double lat = Double.parseDouble(point.get("lat"));
double lng = Double.parseDouble(point.get("lng"));
LatLng position = new LatLng(lat, lng);
points.add(position);
}
// Adding all the points in the route to LineOptions
lineOptions.addAll(points);
lineOptions.width(2);
lineOptions.color(Color.RED);
}
tvDistanceDuration.setText("Distance:" + distance + ", Duration:" + duration);
// Drawing polyline in the Google Map for the i-th route
map.addPolyline(lineOptions);
}
}

I have found that the following HTML string opens the Native Maps program and navigates starts the route to the destination point
<td align="center"> <a href="geo:q=79 St Micheal Str New Reduruth Alberton">
Open Maps
</a>
This opens the map app for me and two button clicks later it navigates

Android GoogleDirection API

I am troubling to use GoogleDirection API which find routes inside only Canada. I want to show route of driving on Google Map, so i am use this url.
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=" + mode
+ "&region=CA"; // Only In Canada
I called this url by using WebService and parse XML data from server and show the route on Map. But unfortunately, it not showed routes in only Canada.
For example, when i searched the route from Vancouver to Toronto, the route is passed in USA region.
How can i solve this issue?
Thanks.

Enjoy full code :-)
You can use below class for showing directions :
public class DirectionsJSONParser {
/** Receives a JSONObject and returns a list of lists containing latitude and longitude */
public List<List<HashMap<String,String>>> parse(JSONObject jObject){
List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> routes = new ArrayList<List<HashMap<String,String>>>() ;
JSONArray jRoutes = null;
JSONArray jLegs = null;
JSONArray jSteps = null;
try {
jRoutes = jObject.getJSONArray("routes");
/** Traversing all routes */
for(int i=0;i<jRoutes.length();i++){
jLegs = ( (JSONObject)jRoutes.get(i)).getJSONArray("legs");
List path = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();
/** Traversing all legs */
for(int j=0;j<jLegs.length();j++){
jSteps = ( (JSONObject)jLegs.get(j)).getJSONArray("steps");
/** Traversing all steps */
for(int k=0;k<jSteps.length();k++){
String polyline = "";
polyline = (String)((JSONObject)((JSONObject)jSteps.get(k)).get("polyline")).get("points");
List<LatLng> list = decodePoly(polyline);
/** Traversing all points */
for(int l=0;l<list.size();l++){
HashMap<String, String> hm = new HashMap<String, String>();
hm.put("lat", Double.toString(((LatLng)list.get(l)).latitude) );
hm.put("lng", Double.toString(((LatLng)list.get(l)).longitude) );
path.add(hm);
}
}
routes.add(path);
}
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}catch (Exception e){
}
return routes;
}
/**
* Method to decode polyline points
* Courtesy : http://jeffreysambells.com/2010/05/27/decoding-polylines-from-google-maps-direction-api-with-java
* */
private List<LatLng> decodePoly(String encoded) {
List<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 p = new LatLng((((double) lat / 1E5)),
(((double) lng / 1E5)));
poly.add(p);
}
return poly;
}
}
Then you can use it as below:
public class GoogleMapActivity extends Activity {
static LatLng DEST = new LatLng(0, 0);
static LatLng SOURCE = new LatLng(0, 0);
private GoogleMap map;
ArrayList<LatLng> markerPoints;
String latitude , longitude;
GPSTracker gpsTracker;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_google_map);
gpsTracker = new GPSTracker(this);
latitude = super.getIntent().getExtras().getString("latitude");
longitude = super.getIntent().getExtras().getString("longitude");
DEST = new LatLng(Double.parseDouble(latitude), Double.parseDouble(longitude));
SOURCE = new LatLng(gpsTracker.latitude,gpsTracker.longitude);
map = ((MapFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map))
.getMap();
markerPoints = new ArrayList<LatLng>();
if(map!=null){
// Enable MyLocation Button in the Map
map.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
// Setting onclick event listener for the map
// Adding new item to the ArrayList
markerPoints.add(DEST);
markerPoints.add(SOURCE);
// Creating MarkerOptions
MarkerOptions options = new MarkerOptions();
Marker dest = map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(DEST)
.title("DEST")
.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_RED)));
Marker source = map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
.position(SOURCE)
.title("SOURCE")
.snippet("SOURCE is cool")
.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_GREEN)));
// Checks, whether start and end locations are captured
// if(markerPoints.size() >= 2){
// LatLng origin = markerPoints.get(0);
// LatLng dest = markerPoints.get(1);
// Getting URL to the Google Directions API
String url = getDirectionsUrl(DEST, SOURCE);
DownloadTask downloadTask = new DownloadTask();
// Start downloading json data from Google Directions API
downloadTask.execute(url);
// }
map.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(DEST, 15));
// Zoom in, animating the camera.
map.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo(10), 2000, null);
}
}
private String getDirectionsUrl(LatLng origin,LatLng dest){
// Origin of route
String str_origin = "origin="+origin.latitude+","+origin.longitude;
// Destination of route
String str_dest = "destination="+dest.latitude+","+dest.longitude;
// Sensor enabled
String sensor = "sensor=false";
// Building the parameters to the web service
String parameters = str_origin+"&"+str_dest+"&"+sensor;
// Output format
String output = "json";
// Building the url to the web service
String url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/"+output+"?"+parameters;
return url;
}
/** A method to download json data from url */
private String downloadUrl(String strUrl) throws IOException{
String data = "";
InputStream iStream = null;
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
try{
URL url = new URL(strUrl);
// Creating an http connection to communicate with url
urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
// Connecting to url
urlConnection.connect();
// Reading data from url
iStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(iStream));
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
String line = "";
while( ( line = br.readLine()) != null){
sb.append(line);
}
data = sb.toString();
br.close();
}catch(Exception e){
Log.d("Exception while downloading url", e.toString());
}finally{
iStream.close();
urlConnection.disconnect();
}
return data;
}
// Fetches data from url passed
private class DownloadTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String>{
// Downloading data in non-ui thread
#Override
protected String doInBackground(String... url) {
// For storing data from web service
String data = "";
try{
// Fetching the data from web service
data = downloadUrl(url[0]);
}catch(Exception e){
Log.d("Background Task",e.toString());
}
return data;
}
// Executes in UI thread, after the execution of
// doInBackground()
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
super.onPostExecute(result);
Log.e("result",""+result);
ParserTask parserTask = new ParserTask();
// Invokes the thread for parsing the JSON data
parserTask.execute(result);
}
}
/** A class to parse the Google Places in JSON format */
private class ParserTask extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, List<List<HashMap<String,String>>> >{
// Parsing the data in non-ui thread
#Override
protected List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> doInBackground(String... jsonData) {
JSONObject jObject;
List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> routes = null;
try{
jObject = new JSONObject(jsonData[0]);
DirectionsJSONParser parser = new DirectionsJSONParser();
// Starts parsing data
routes = parser.parse(jObject);
}catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
return routes;
}
// Executes in UI thread, after the parsing process
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> result) {
Log.e("result",""+result);
ArrayList<LatLng> points = null;
PolylineOptions lineOptions = null;
MarkerOptions markerOptions = new MarkerOptions();
// Traversing through all the routes
for(int i=0;i<result.size();i++){
points = new ArrayList<LatLng>();
lineOptions = new PolylineOptions();
// Fetching i-th route
List<HashMap<String, String>> path = result.get(i);
// Fetching all the points in i-th route
for(int j=0;j<path.size();j++){
HashMap<String,String> point = path.get(j);
double lat = Double.parseDouble(point.get("lat"));
double lng = Double.parseDouble(point.get("lng"));
LatLng position = new LatLng(lat, lng);
points.add(position);
}
// Adding all the points in the route to LineOptions
lineOptions.addAll(points);
lineOptions.width(5);
lineOptions.color(Color.RED);
}
// Drawing polyline in the Google Map for the i-th route
map.addPolyline(lineOptions);
}
}
}

Google direction route from current location to known location

I use the MapsActivity class in this project. On my map you can see many markers. I have many known locations, but in my code I just display two locations for example.
I don't understand how to use the direction API and JSON. How can I display the route, distance, and travelling time from my current location (changing) to a known location (constant)?
public class MapsActivity extends FragmentActivity {
private GoogleMap mMap; // Might be null if Google Play services APK is not available.
private Map<Marker, Class<?>> allMarkersMap = new HashMap<Marker, Class<?>>();
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_maps);
setUpMapIfNeeded();
}
private void setUpMap() {
Marker marker1 = mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
.position(new LatLng(14.608177, 120.967422))
.title("Sample2")
.snippet("zzzzzzz"));
allMarkersMap.put(marker1, MainActivity.class);
Marker marker2 = mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
.position(new LatLng(14.611335, 120.962160))
.title("Sample1")
.snippet("sssssss"));
allMarkersMap.put(marker2, MainActivity2Activity.class);
mMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
mMap.setOnInfoWindowClickListener(new GoogleMap.OnInfoWindowClickListener() {
#Override
public void onInfoWindowClick(Marker marker) {
Class<?> cls = allMarkersMap.get(marker);
Intent intent = new Intent(MapsActivity.this, cls);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
}

Have a look at this tutorial:
Drawing driving route directions between two locations using Google Directions in Google Map Android API V2
It shows how to draw a route map between two points, calculate distance and travel time.
If you are having problems in following the tutorial, download the Android Studio sample project from the link below:
MapDemo.zip
public class DirectionsJSONParser {
/** Receives a JSONObject and returns a list of lists containing latitude and longitude */
public List<List<HashMap<String,String>>> parse(JSONObject jObject){
List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> routes = new ArrayList<List<HashMap<String,String>>>() ;
JSONArray jRoutes = null;
JSONArray jLegs = null;
JSONArray jSteps = null;
try {
jRoutes = jObject.getJSONArray("routes");
/** Traversing all routes */
for(int i=0;i<jRoutes.length();i++){
jLegs = ( (JSONObject)jRoutes.get(i)).getJSONArray("legs");
List path = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();
/** Traversing all legs */
for(int j=0;j<jLegs.length();j++){
jSteps = ( (JSONObject)jLegs.get(j)).getJSONArray("steps");
/** Traversing all steps */
for(int k=0;k<jSteps.length();k++){
String polyline = "";
polyline = (String)((JSONObject)((JSONObject)jSteps.get(k)).get("polyline")).get("points");
List<LatLng> list = decodePoly(polyline);
/** Traversing all points */
for(int l=0;l<list.size();l++){
HashMap<String, String> hm = new HashMap<String, String>();
hm.put("lat", Double.toString(((LatLng)list.get(l)).latitude) );
hm.put("lng", Double.toString(((LatLng)list.get(l)).longitude) );
path.add(hm);
}
}
routes.add(path);
}
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}catch (Exception e){
}
return routes;
}
/**
* Method to decode polyline points
* Courtesy : http://jeffreysambells.com/2010/05/27/decoding-polylines-from-google-maps-direction-api-with-java
* */
private List<LatLng> decodePoly(String encoded) {
List<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 p = new LatLng((((double) lat / 1E5)),
(((double) lng / 1E5)));
poly.add(p);
}
return poly;
}
}
MainActivity.Java
public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity {
GoogleMap map;
ArrayList<LatLng> markerPoints;
TextView tvDistanceDuration;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
tvDistanceDuration = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_distance_time);
// Initializing
markerPoints = new ArrayList<LatLng>();
// Getting reference to SupportMapFragment of the activity_main
SupportMapFragment fm = (SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map);
// Getting Map for the SupportMapFragment
map = fm.getMap();
// Enable MyLocation Button in the Map
map.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
// Setting onclick event listener for the map
map.setOnMapClickListener(new GoogleMap.OnMapClickListener() {
#Override
public void onMapClick(LatLng point) {
// Already two locations
if (markerPoints.size() > 1) {
markerPoints.clear();
map.clear();
}
// Adding new item to the ArrayList
markerPoints.add(point);
// Creating MarkerOptions
MarkerOptions options = new MarkerOptions();
// Setting the position of the marker
options.position(point);
/**
* For the start location, the color of marker is GREEN and
* for the end location, the color of marker is RED.
*/
if (markerPoints.size() == 1) {
options.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_GREEN));
} else if (markerPoints.size() == 2) {
options.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_RED));
}
// Add new marker to the Google Map Android API V2
map.addMarker(options);
// Checks, whether start and end locations are captured
if (markerPoints.size() >= 2) {
LatLng origin = markerPoints.get(0);
LatLng dest = markerPoints.get(1);
// Getting URL to the Google Directions API
String url = getDirectionsUrl(origin, dest);
DownloadTask downloadTask = new DownloadTask();
// Start downloading json data from Google Directions API
downloadTask.execute(url);
}
}
});
}
private String getDirectionsUrl(LatLng origin, LatLng dest) {
// Origin of route
String str_origin = "origin=" + origin.latitude + "," + origin.longitude;
// Destination of route
String str_dest = "destination=" + dest.latitude + "," + dest.longitude;
// Sensor enabled
String sensor = "sensor=false";
// Building the parameters to the web service
String parameters = str_origin + "&" + str_dest + "&" + sensor;
// Output format
String output = "json";
// Building the url to the web service
String url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/" + output + "?" + parameters;
return url;
}
/**
* A method to download json data from url
*/
private String downloadUrl(String strUrl) throws IOException {
String data = "";
InputStream iStream = null;
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
try {
URL url = new URL(strUrl);
// Creating an http connection to communicate with url
urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
// Connecting to url
urlConnection.connect();
// Reading data from url
iStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(iStream));
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
String line = "";
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line);
}
data = sb.toString();
br.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.d("Exception while downloading url", e.toString());
} finally {
iStream.close();
urlConnection.disconnect();
}
return data;
}
// Fetches data from url passed
private class DownloadTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
// Downloading data in non-ui thread
#Override
protected String doInBackground(String... url) {
// For storing data from web service
String data = "";
try {
// Fetching the data from web service
data = downloadUrl(url[0]);
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.d("Background Task", e.toString());
}
return data;
}
// Executes in UI thread, after the execution of
// doInBackground()
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
super.onPostExecute(result);
ParserTask parserTask = new ParserTask();
// Invokes the thread for parsing the JSON data
parserTask.execute(result);
}
}
/**
* A class to parse the Google Places in JSON format
*/
private class ParserTask extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, List<List<HashMap<String, String>>>> {
// Parsing the data in non-ui thread
#Override
protected List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> doInBackground(String... jsonData) {
JSONObject jObject;
List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> routes = null;
try {
jObject = new JSONObject(jsonData[0]);
DirectionsJSONParser parser = new DirectionsJSONParser();
// Starts parsing data
routes = parser.parse(jObject);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return routes;
}
// Executes in UI thread, after the parsing process
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> result) {
ArrayList<LatLng> points = null;
PolylineOptions lineOptions = null;
MarkerOptions markerOptions = new MarkerOptions();
String distance = "";
String duration = "";
if (result.size() < 1) {
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "No Points", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return;
}
// Traversing through all the routes
for (int i = 0; i < result.size(); i++) {
points = new ArrayList<LatLng>();
lineOptions = new PolylineOptions();
// Fetching i-th route
List<HashMap<String, String>> path = result.get(i);
// Fetching all the points in i-th route
for (int j = 0; j < path.size(); j++) {
HashMap<String, String> point = path.get(j);
if (j == 0) { // Get distance from the list
distance = (String) point.get("distance");
continue;
} else if (j == 1) { // Get duration from the list
duration = (String) point.get("duration");
continue;
}
double lat = Double.parseDouble(point.get("lat"));
double lng = Double.parseDouble(point.get("lng"));
LatLng position = new LatLng(lat, lng);
points.add(position);
}
// Adding all the points in the route to LineOptions
lineOptions.addAll(points);
lineOptions.width(2);
lineOptions.color(Color.RED);
}
tvDistanceDuration.setText("Distance:" + distance + ", Duration:" + duration);
// Drawing polyline in the Google Map for the i-th route
map.addPolyline(lineOptions);
}
}

The code is for drawing the distance between any two points, start is the current location and the other is a location stored in the SQLite db.
public class MapsActivity extends FragmentActivity implements OnMapReadyCallback ,GoogleApiClient.ConnectionCallbacks,
GoogleApiClient.OnConnectionFailedListener,
LocationListener {
private GoogleMap mMap;
ArrayList<LatLng> MarkerPoints;
GoogleApiClient mGoogleApiClient;
Location mLastLocation;
Marker mCurrLocationMarker;
LocationRequest mLocationRequest;
String lat, lon;
LatLng start;
LatLng dest;
String destlat;
String destlon;
public void setLat(String lat) {
this.lat = lat;
}
public void setLon(String lon) {
this.lon = lon;
}
public void setDestlat(String destlat) {
this.destlat = destlat;
}
public void setDestlon(String destlon) {
this.destlon = destlon;
}
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_maps);
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
checkLocationPermission();
}
// Initializing
MarkerPoints = new ArrayList<>();
// Obtain the SupportMapFragment and get notified when the map is ready to be used.
SupportMapFragment mapFragment = (SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager()
.findFragmentById(R.id.map);
mapFragment.getMapAsync(this);
}
/**
* Manipulates the map once available.
* This callback is triggered when the map is ready to be used.
* This is where we can add markers or lines, add listeners or move the camera. In this case,
* we just add a marker near Sydney, Australia.
* If Google Play services is not installed on the device, the user will be prompted to install
* it inside the SupportMapFragment. This method will only be triggered once the user has
* installed Google Play services and returned to the app.
*/
#Override
public void onMapReady(GoogleMap googleMap) {
mMap = googleMap;
Log.d("OnmapREady fired", "fired");
//Initialize Google Play Services
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this,
Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION)
== PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
buildGoogleApiClient();
mMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
}
}
else {
buildGoogleApiClient();
mMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
}
}
public void mapOperations(){
Log.d("Map operations called","Hope");
LatLng point = start;
// Already two locations
if (MarkerPoints.size() > 1) {
MarkerPoints.clear();
mMap.clear();
}
// Adding new item to the ArrayList
MarkerPoints.add(start);
// adding destination from database
LocationsDB db = new LocationsDB(MapsActivity.this);
String loc = db.getTermValues();
Log.d("location from db",loc);
String[] separated = loc.split(" ");
//try {
Double lt = Double.parseDouble(separated[0]);
Double ln = Double.parseDouble(separated[1]);
dest = new LatLng(lt,ln);
MarkerPoints.add(dest);
//}
//catch(Exception e) {
// Log.d("Wrong target location", e.toString());
//}
// Creating MarkerOptions
MarkerOptions options = new MarkerOptions();
// Setting the position of the marker
options.position(start);
options.position(dest);
/**
* For the start location, the color of marker is GREEN and
* for the end location, the color of marker is RED.
*/
if (MarkerPoints.size() == 1) {
options.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_GREEN));
} else if (MarkerPoints.size() == 2) {
options.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_RED));
}
// Add new marker to the Google Map Android API V2
mMap.addMarker(options);
// Checks, whether start and end locations are captured
if (MarkerPoints.size() >= 2) {
LatLng origin = MarkerPoints.get(0);
LatLng dest = MarkerPoints.get(1);
// Getting URL to the Google Directions API
String url = getUrl(origin, dest);
Log.d("onMapClick", url.toString());
FetchUrl FetchUrl = new FetchUrl();
// Start downloading json data from Google Directions API
FetchUrl.execute(url);
//move map camera
mMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(origin));
mMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo(11));
}
}
private String getUrl(LatLng origin, LatLng dest) {
// Origin of route
String str_origin = "origin=" + origin.latitude + "," + origin.longitude;
// Destination of route
String str_dest = "destination=" + dest.latitude + "," + dest.longitude;
// Sensor enabled
String sensor = "sensor=false";
// Building the parameters to the web service
String parameters = str_origin + "&" + str_dest + "&" + sensor;
// Output format
String output = "json";
// Building the url to the web service
String url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/" + output + "?" + parameters;
return url;
}
/**
* A method to download json data from url
*/
private String downloadUrl(String strUrl) throws IOException {
String data = "";
InputStream iStream = null;
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
try {
URL url = new URL(strUrl);
// Creating an http connection to communicate with url
urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
// Connecting to url
urlConnection.connect();
// Reading data from url
iStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(iStream));
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
String line = "";
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line);
}
data = sb.toString();
Log.d("downloadUrl", data.toString());
br.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.d("Exception", e.toString());
} finally {
iStream.close();
urlConnection.disconnect();
}
return data;
}
// Fetches data from url passed
private class FetchUrl extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
#Override
protected String doInBackground(String... url) {
// For storing data from web service
String data = "";
try {
// Fetching the data from web service
data = downloadUrl(url[0]);
Log.d("Background Task data", data.toString());
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.d("Background Task", e.toString());
}
return data;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
super.onPostExecute(result);
ParserTask parserTask = new ParserTask();
// Invokes the thread for parsing the JSON data
parserTask.execute(result);
}
}
/**
* A class to parse the Google Places in JSON format
*/
private class ParserTask extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, List<List<HashMap<String, String>>>> {
// Parsing the data in non-ui thread
#Override
protected List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> doInBackground(String... jsonData) {
JSONObject jObject;
List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> routes = null;
try {
jObject = new JSONObject(jsonData[0]);
Log.d("ParserTask",jsonData[0].toString());
DataParser parser = new DataParser();
Log.d("ParserTask", parser.toString());
// Starts parsing data
routes = parser.parse(jObject);
Log.d("ParserTask","Executing routes");
Log.d("ParserTask",routes.toString());
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.d("ParserTask",e.toString());
e.printStackTrace();
}
return routes;
}
// Executes in UI thread, after the parsing process
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> result) {
ArrayList<LatLng> points;
PolylineOptions lineOptions = null;
// Traversing through all the routes
for (int i = 0; i < result.size(); i++) {
points = new ArrayList<>();
lineOptions = new PolylineOptions();
// Fetching i-th route
List<HashMap<String, String>> path = result.get(i);
// Fetching all the points in i-th route
for (int j = 0; j < path.size(); j++) {
HashMap<String, String> point = path.get(j);
double lat = Double.parseDouble(point.get("lat"));
double lng = Double.parseDouble(point.get("lng"));
LatLng position = new LatLng(lat, lng);
points.add(position);
}
// Adding all the points in the route to LineOptions
lineOptions.addAll(points);
lineOptions.width(10);
lineOptions.color(Color.RED);
Log.d("onPostExecute","onPostExecute lineoptions decoded");
}
// Drawing polyline in the Google Map for the i-th route
if(lineOptions != null) {
mMap.addPolyline(lineOptions);
}
else {
Log.d("onPostExecute","without Polylines drawn");
}
}
}
protected synchronized void buildGoogleApiClient() {
mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
.addConnectionCallbacks(this)
.addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
.addApi(LocationServices.API)
.build();
mGoogleApiClient.connect();
}
#Override
public void onConnected(Bundle bundle) {
Log.d("OnConnected fired","fired");
mLocationRequest = new LocationRequest();
mLocationRequest.setInterval(1000);
mLocationRequest.setFastestInterval(1000);
mLocationRequest.setPriority(LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY);
if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this,
Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION)
== PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.requestLocationUpdates(mGoogleApiClient, mLocationRequest, this);
}
mLastLocation = LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.getLastLocation(
mGoogleApiClient);
if (mLastLocation != null) {
lat = String.valueOf(mLastLocation.getLatitude());
lon = String.valueOf(mLastLocation.getLongitude());
start = new LatLng(mLastLocation.getLatitude(),mLastLocation.getLongitude());
Toast.makeText(this,"Connected",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
mapOperations();
}
else{
Toast.makeText(this,"Failed",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
#Override
public void onConnectionSuspended(int i) {
}
#Override
public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
mLastLocation = location;
if (mCurrLocationMarker != null) {
mCurrLocationMarker.remove();
}
//Place current location marker
LatLng latLng = new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude());
MarkerOptions markerOptions = new MarkerOptions();
markerOptions.position(latLng);
markerOptions.title("Current Position");
markerOptions.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_MAGENTA));
mCurrLocationMarker = mMap.addMarker(markerOptions);
//move map camera
mMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(latLng));
mMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo(11));
//stop location updates
if (mGoogleApiClient != null) {
LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.removeLocationUpdates(mGoogleApiClient, this);
}
}
#Override
public void onConnectionFailed(ConnectionResult connectionResult) {
}
public static final int MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_LOCATION = 99;
public boolean checkLocationPermission(){
if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this,
Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION)
!= PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
// Asking user if explanation is needed
if (ActivityCompat.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(this,
Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION)) {
// Show an explanation to the user *asynchronously* -- don't block
// this thread waiting for the user's response! After the user
// sees the explanation, try again to request the permission.
//Prompt the user once explanation has been shown
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this,
new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION},
MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_LOCATION);
} else {
// No explanation needed, we can request the permission.
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this,
new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION},
MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_LOCATION);
}
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
#Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode,
String permissions[], int[] grantResults) {
switch (requestCode) {
case MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_LOCATION: {
// If request is cancelled, the result arrays are empty.
if (grantResults.length > 0
&& grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
// permission was granted. Do the
// contacts-related task you need to do.
if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this,
Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION)
== PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
if (mGoogleApiClient == null) {
buildGoogleApiClient();
}
mMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
}
} else {
// Permission denied, Disable the functionality that depends on this permission.
Toast.makeText(this, "permission denied", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
return;
}
// other 'case' lines to check for other permissions this app might request.
// You can add here other case statements according to your requirement.
}
}
#Override
protected void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
}
}
This is the code for finding and drawing the routes between the points.
public class DataParser {
/** Receives a JSONObject and returns a list of lists containing latitude and longitude */
public List<List<HashMap<String,String>>> parse(JSONObject jObject){
List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> routes = new ArrayList<>() ;
JSONArray jRoutes;
JSONArray jLegs;
JSONArray jSteps;
try {
jRoutes = jObject.getJSONArray("routes");
/** Traversing all routes */
for(int i=0;i<jRoutes.length();i++){
jLegs = ( (JSONObject)jRoutes.get(i)).getJSONArray("legs");
List path = new ArrayList<>();
/** Traversing all legs */
for(int j=0;j<jLegs.length();j++){
jSteps = ( (JSONObject)jLegs.get(j)).getJSONArray("steps");
/** Traversing all steps */
for(int k=0;k<jSteps.length();k++){
String polyline = "";
polyline = (String)((JSONObject)((JSONObject)jSteps.get(k)).get("polyline")).get("points");
List<LatLng> list = decodePoly(polyline);
/** Traversing all points */
for(int l=0;l<list.size();l++){
HashMap<String, String> hm = new HashMap<>();
hm.put("lat", Double.toString((list.get(l)).latitude) );
hm.put("lng", Double.toString((list.get(l)).longitude) );
path.add(hm);
}
}
routes.add(path);
}
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}catch (Exception e){
}
return routes;
}
/**
* Method to decode polyline points
* Courtesy : http://jeffreysambells.com/2010/05/27/decoding-polylines-from-google-maps-direction-api-with-java
* */
private List<LatLng> decodePoly(String encoded) {
List<LatLng> poly = new ArrayList<>();
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 p = new LatLng((((double) lat / 1E5)),
(((double) lng / 1E5)));
poly.add(p);
}
return poly;
}
}

Get Latitude and Longitude from SQLite and place respective marker for every two minutes android

Friends,
Am able to fetch the latitude and longitude from SqliteDb to place a marker in google Map respectively.
But my problem is
1. I want to draw a route from current location to the latitude and longitude fetched from Sqlite Db
2. The db values of Latitude and Longitude will be changed every 2 minutes and i want to change the place in marker accordingly and also route between the updated values and current location.
I have tried running the below code.
It runs perfect in Main class but when I tried using thread it fails and since used timer for the same.
protected void mLocActivity() {
db.open();
class preciLoc extends TimerTask{
#Override
public void run() {
Cursor cr = db.fetchone(sLoc, "pos_mark", tblName, "pho", null, null);
if(cr.getCount()>0){
sLat = cr.getString(cr.getColumnIndex("lat"));
sLon = cr.getString(cr.getColumnIndex("lon"));
}
LatLng orgLoc = new LatLng(mLatitude,mLongitude);
LatLng desCur = new LatLng(Double.parseDouble(sLat), Double.parseDouble(sLon));
String url = getDirectionsUrl(orgLoc, desCur);
DownloadTask downloadTask = new DownloadTask();
downloadTask.execute(url);
rMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(latLng))
CameraPosition camPos1 = new CameraPosition.Builder()
.target(destCurr).zoom(15).bearing(90).tilt(30).build();
rMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory
.newCameraPosition(camPos1));
drawMarker(desCur);
}
}
Timer timer = new Timer();
timer.schedule(new preciLoc(), 50000);
}

The solutions to your question are :-
The following code is used to display route from one point to another-
public class DirectionsJSONParser {
/** Receives a JSONObject and returns a list of lists containing latitude and longitude */
public List<List<HashMap<String,String>>> parse(JSONObject jObject){
List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> routes = new ArrayList<List<HashMap<String,String>>>() ;
JSONArray jRoutes = null;
JSONArray jLegs = null;
JSONArray jSteps = null;
try {
jRoutes = jObject.getJSONArray("routes");
/** Traversing all routes */
for(int i=0;i<jRoutes.length();i++){
jLegs = ( (JSONObject)jRoutes.get(i)).getJSONArray("legs");
List path = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();
/** Traversing all legs */
for(int j=0;j<jLegs.length();j++){
jSteps = ( (JSONObject)jLegs.get(j)).getJSONArray("steps");
/** Traversing all steps */
for(int k=0;k<jSteps.length();k++){
String polyline = "";
polyline = (String)((JSONObject)((JSONObject)jSteps.get(k)).get("polyline")).get("points");
List<LatLng> list = decodePoly(polyline);
/** Traversing all points */
for(int l=0;l<list.size();l++){
HashMap<String, String> hm = new HashMap<String, String>();
hm.put("lat", Double.toString(((LatLng)list.get(l)).latitude) );
hm.put("lng", Double.toString(((LatLng)list.get(l)).longitude) );
path.add(hm);
}
}
routes.add(path);
}
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}catch (Exception e){
}
return routes;
}
/**
* Method to decode polyline points
* */
private List<LatLng> decodePoly(String encoded) {
List<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 p = new LatLng((((double) lat / 1E5)),
(((double) lng / 1E5)));
poly.add(p);
}
return poly;
}
}
Include the above class and then add the following codes to the class where you want to display the route to the map-
/** A method to download json data from url */
private String downloadUrl(String strUrl) throws IOException {
String data = "";
InputStream iStream = null;
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
try {
URL url = new URL(strUrl);
// Creating an http connection to communicate with url
urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
// Connecting to url
urlConnection.connect();
// Reading data from url
iStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
iStream));
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
String line = "";
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line);
}
data = sb.toString();
br.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.d("Exception while downloading url", e.toString());
} finally {
iStream.close();
urlConnection.disconnect();
}
return data;
}
// Fetches data from url passed
private class DownloadTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
// Downloading data in non-ui thread
#Override
protected String doInBackground(String... url) {
// For storing data from web service
String data = "";
try {
// Fetching the data from web service
data = downloadUrl(url[0]);
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.d("Background Task", e.toString());
}
return data;
}
// Executes in UI thread, after the execution of
// doInBackground()
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
super.onPostExecute(result);
ParserTask parserTask = new ParserTask();
// Invokes the thread for parsing the JSON data
parserTask.execute(result);
}
}
/** A class to parse the Google Places in JSON format */
private class ParserTask extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, List<List<HashMap<String, String>>>> {
// Parsing the data in non-ui thread
#Override
protected List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> doInBackground(String... jsonData) {
JSONObject jObject;
List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> routes = null;
try {
jObject = new JSONObject(jsonData[0]);
DirectionsJSONParser parser = new DirectionsJSONParser();
// Starts parsing data
routes = parser.parse(jObject);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return routes;
}
// Executes in UI thread, after the parsing process
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> result) {
ArrayList<LatLng> points = null;
PolylineOptions lineOptions = null;
MarkerOptions markerOptions = new MarkerOptions();
// Traversing through all the routes
for (int i = 0; i < result.size(); i++) {
points = new ArrayList<LatLng>();
lineOptions = new PolylineOptions();
// Fetching i-th route
List<HashMap<String, String>> path = result.get(i);
// Fetching all the points in i-th route
for (int j = 0; j < path.size(); j++) {
HashMap<String, String> point = path.get(j);
double lat = Double.parseDouble(point.get("lat"));
double lng = Double.parseDouble(point.get("lng"));
LatLng position = new LatLng(lat, lng);
points.add(position);
}
// Adding all the points in the route to LineOptions
lineOptions.addAll(points);
lineOptions.width(4);
lineOptions.color(Color.RED);
}
// Drawing polyline in the Google Map for the i-th route
map.addPolyline(lineOptions);
}
}
private String getDirectionsUrl(LatLng origin, LatLng dest) {
// Origin of route
String str_origin = "origin=" + origin.latitude + ","
+ origin.longitude;
// Destination of route
String str_dest = "destination=" + dest.latitude + "," + dest.longitude;
// Sensor enabled
String sensor = "sensor=false";
// Building the parameters to the web service
String parameters = str_origin + "&" + str_dest + "&" + sensor;
// Output format
String output = "json";
// Building the url to the web service
String url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/"
+ output + "?" + parameters;
return url;
}
Now the call starts as follows-
// Getting URL to the Google Directions API
String url = getDirectionsUrl(new LatLng(userLocation.getLatitude(),
userLocation.getLongitude()), new LatLng(
dest_lat, dest_long));
DownloadTask downloadTask = new DownloadTask();
// Start downloading json data from Google Directions API
downloadTask.execute(url);
Here user userLocation is my current location and dest_lat, dest_long is the destination lat, long and in onPostExecute of ParserTask the line "map.addPolyline(lineOptions);" adds route to the map, so replace it with your own map.
Now for this problem create a thread and put a sleep of 2 min or more. Inside that thread call the database and retrive the lat,long and call the above methods(solution 1) , thus your route gets refreshed on every 2 min or more and don't forget to call map.clear() to clear the existing route.
Here is my implementation of timerTask and its working fine -
public class Test extends Activity {
Timer timer;
preciLoc loc;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.test);
..........
timer = new Timer();
loc = new preciLoc();
timer.schedule(loc,5000, 10000);
}
class preciLoc extends TimerTask {
#Override
public void run() {
Log.e("preciLoc", timer.toString());
}
}
}
Here I have set a constant delay of 10 sec and a initial delay of 5 sec, its working fine.

How to draw road directions between two geocodes in android google map v2?

i want to draw a road direction in android like the below image. i tried using polyline but this plots a straight lines betweens two LatLngs. How can i achieve this as same as the google map. thanks in advance.

Create one Class called "DirectionsJSONParser "
public class DirectionsJSONParser {
public List<List<HashMap<String,String>>> parse(JSONObject jObject){
List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> routes = new ArrayList<List<HashMap<String,String>>>() ;
JSONArray jRoutes = null;
JSONArray jLegs = null;
JSONArray jSteps = null;
try {
jRoutes = jObject.getJSONArray("routes");
for(int i=0;i<jRoutes.length();i++){
jLegs = ( (JSONObject)jRoutes.get(i)).getJSONArray("legs");
List path = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();
for(int j=0;j<jLegs.length();j++){
jSteps = ( (JSONObject)jLegs.get(j)).getJSONArray("steps");
for(int k=0;k<jSteps.length();k++){
String polyline = "";
polyline = (String)((JSONObject)((JSONObject)jSteps.get(k)).get("polyline")).get("points");
List<LatLng> list = decodePoly(polyline);
for(int l=0;l<list.size();l++){
HashMap<String, String> hm = new HashMap<String, String>();
hm.put("lat", Double.toString(((LatLng)list.get(l)).latitude) );
hm.put("lng", Double.toString(((LatLng)list.get(l)).longitude) );
path.add(hm);
}
}
routes.add(path);
}
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}catch (Exception e){
}
return routes;
}
private List<LatLng> decodePoly(String encoded) {
List<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 p = new LatLng((((double) lat / 1E5)),
(((double) lng / 1E5)));
poly.add(p);
}
return poly;
}}
In Main Activity
public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity {
GoogleMap map;
ArrayList<LatLng> markerPoints;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// Initializing array List
markerPoints = new ArrayList<LatLng>();
// Getting reference to SupportMapFragment of the activity_main
SupportMapFragment fm = (SupportMapFragment)getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map);
// Getting Map for the SupportMapFragment
map = fm.getMap();
map.setMyLocationEnabled(true);
map.setOnMapClickListener(new OnMapClickListener() {
#Override
public void onMapClick(LatLng point) {
if(markerPoints.size()>1){
markerPoints.clear();
map.clear();
}
markerPoints.add(point);
MarkerOptions options = new MarkerOptions();
options.position(point);
if(markerPoints.size()==1){
options.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_GREEN));
}else if(markerPoints.size()==2){
options.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.defaultMarker(BitmapDescriptorFactory.HUE_RED));
}
map.addMarker(options);
if(markerPoints.size() >= 2){
LatLng origin = markerPoints.get(0);
LatLng dest = markerPoints.get(1);
String url = getDirectionsUrl(origin, dest);
DownloadTask downloadTask = new DownloadTask();
downloadTask.execute(url);
}
}
});
}
private String getDirectionsUrl(LatLng origin,LatLng dest){
// Origin of route
String str_origin = "origin="+origin.latitude+","+origin.longitude;
// Destination of route
String str_dest = "destination="+dest.latitude+","+dest.longitude;
// Sensor enabled
String sensor = "sensor=false";
// Building the parameters to the web service
String parameters = str_origin+"&"+str_dest+"&"+sensor;
// Output format
String output = "json";
String url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/"+output+"?"+parameters;
return url;
}
private String downloadUrl(String strUrl) throws IOException{
String data = "";
InputStream iStream = null;
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
try{
URL url = new URL(strUrl);
urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
// Connecting to url
urlConnection.connect();
// Reading data from url
iStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(iStream));
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
String line = "";
while( ( line = br.readLine()) != null){
sb.append(line);
}
data = sb.toString();
br.close();
}catch(Exception e){
Log.d("Exception while downloading url", e.toString());
}finally{
iStream.close();
urlConnection.disconnect();
}
return data;
}
// Fetches data from url passed
private class DownloadTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String>{
// Downloading data in non-ui thread
#Override
protected String doInBackground(String... url) {
// For storing data from web service
String data = "";
try{
// Fetching the data from web service
data = downloadUrl(url[0]);
}catch(Exception e){
Log.d("Background Task",e.toString());
}
return data;
}
// Executes in UI thread, after the execution of
// doInBackground()
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
super.onPostExecute(result);
ParserTask parserTask = new ParserTask();
// Invokes the thread for parsing the JSON data
parserTask.execute(result);
}
}
private class ParserTask extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, List<List<HashMap<String,String>>> {
#Override
protected List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> doInBackground(String... jsonData) {
JSONObject jObject;
List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> routes = null;
try{
jObject = new JSONObject(jsonData[0]);
DirectionsJSONParser parser = new DirectionsJSONParser();
// Starts parsing data
routes = parser.parse(jObject);
}catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
return routes;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(List<List<HashMap<String, String>>> result) {
ArrayList<LatLng> points = null;
PolylineOptions lineOptions = null;
MarkerOptions markerOptions = new MarkerOptions();
// Traversing through all the routes
for(int i=0;i<result.size();i++){
points = new ArrayList<LatLng>();
lineOptions = new PolylineOptions();
// Fetching i-th route
List<HashMap<String, String>> path = result.get(i);
// Fetching all the points in i-th route
for(int j=0;j<path.size();j++){
HashMap<String,String> point = path.get(j);
double lat = Double.parseDouble(point.get("lat"));
double lng = Double.parseDouble(point.get("lng"));
LatLng position = new LatLng(lat, lng);
points.add(position);
}
// Adding all the points in the route to LineOptions
lineOptions.addAll(points);
lineOptions.width(2);
lineOptions.color(Color.RED);
}
// Drawing polyline in the Google Map for the i-th route
map.addPolyline(lineOptions);
}
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}}

You can use this function to show direction in preinstalled Google NavigationApp
public void showDirections(double lat, double lng, double lat1, double lng1) {
final Intent intent = new
Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://maps.google.com/maps?" +
"saddr=" + lat + "," + lng + "&daddr=" + lat1 + "," +
lng1));
intent.setClassName("com.google.android.apps.maps", "com.google.android.maps.MapsActivity");
startActivity(intent);
}