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

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.


Using the dvrm solution GMapV2Direction class, it's a good solution and it's still working, but now you need to implement the getDocument method in a new thread to allow network connections. This is an example for an AsyncTask for this method, the rest of the class is the same. You can handle it with a Handle or implement your own interface callback to get the Docmuent xml response.

public class GMapV2DirectionAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Document> {

private final static String TAG = GMapV2DirectionAsyncTask.class.getSimpleName();
private Handler handler;
private LatLng  start, end;
private String mode;

public GMapV2DirectionAsyncTask(Handler handler, LatLng start, LatLng end, String mode) {
    this.start = start;
    this.end = end;
    this.mode = mode;
    this.handler = handler;
}

@Override
protected Document doInBackground(String... params) {

    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;
    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;
}

@Override
protected void onPostExecute(Document result) {
    if (result != null) {
        Log.d(TAG, "---- GMapV2DirectionAsyncTask OK ----");
        Message message = new Message();
        message.obj = result;
        handler.dispatchMessage(message);
    } else {
        Log.d(TAG, "---- GMapV2DirectionAsyncTask ERROR ----");
    }
}

@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
}

@Override
protected void onProgressUpdate(Void... values) {
}

}

This is the async handler method for the activity:

    protected void route(LatLng sourcePosition, LatLng destPosition, String mode) {
    final Handler handler = new Handler() {
        public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
            try {
                Document doc = (Document) msg.obj;
                GMapV2Direction md = new GMapV2Direction();
                ArrayList<LatLng> directionPoint = md.getDirection(doc);
                PolylineOptions rectLine = new PolylineOptions().width(15).color(getActivity().getResources().getColor(R.color.magoo_user_base_color));

                for (int i = 0; i < directionPoint.size(); i++) {
                    rectLine.add(directionPoint.get(i));
                }
                Polyline polylin = googleMap.addPolyline(rectLine);
                md.getDurationText(doc);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

    };

    new GMapV2DirectionAsyncTask(handler, sourcePosition, destPosition, GMapV2Direction.MODE_DRIVING).execute();
}

One more thing, if the duration value is wrong, solution for it is to change one line of the code of GMapV2Direction class:

Node node1 = nl1.item(nl1.getLength() - 1);

instead:

Node node1 = nl1.item(0); 

I know it's too late but worth. I have searched and tried a lot of example but didn't get desired result so I found this amazing library which give you the desired result. You have to write bunch of line.

Link: https://github.com/jd-alexander/Google-Directions-Android

Import library:

implementation 'com.github.jd-alexander:library:1.1.0'

I am implementing the code inside onMarkerClick so If a user click on marker then it will route from his current location to marker location but you can change this as per your requirement.

 @Override
    public boolean onMarkerClick(Marker marker) {
        Routing routing = new Routing.Builder()
                .travelMode(AbstractRouting.TravelMode.DRIVING)
                .withListener(MapsActivity.this)
                .waypoints(new LatLng(latitude, longitude), marker.getPosition())
                .key("AIzaSyDGvkmJ6osdJz7v8OSg7U")
                .build();
        routing.execute();
        return false;
    }

Implement RoutingListener

public class MapsActivity extends FragmentActivity implements OnMapReadyCallback, RoutingListener

Override Methods

   @Override
    public void onRoutingFailure(RouteException e) {
        Log.e("check", e.getMessage());
    }

    @Override
    public void onRoutingStart() {
        Log.e("check", "onRoutingStart");
    }

    @Override
    public void onRoutingSuccess(ArrayList<Route> route, int shortestRouteIndex) {

        Log.e("check", "onRoutingSuccess");
        CameraUpdate center = CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(new LatLng(latitude,longitude));
        CameraUpdate zoom = CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo(16);
        List<Polyline> polylines = new ArrayList<>();

        mMap.moveCamera(center);


        if (polylines.size() > 0) {
            for (Polyline poly : polylines) {
                poly.remove();
            }
        }

        polylines = new ArrayList<>();
        //add route(s) to the map.
        for (int i = 0; i < route.size(); i++) {

            //In case of more than 5 alternative routes

            PolylineOptions polyOptions = new PolylineOptions();
            polyOptions.color(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorRouteLine));
            polyOptions.width(10 + i * 3);
            polyOptions.addAll(route.get(i).getPoints());
            Polyline polyline = mMap.addPolyline(polyOptions);
            polylines.add(polyline);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onRoutingCancelled() {
        Log.e("check", "onRoutingCancelled");
    }

Here is the example project you can check this code as well.

https://github.com/jd-alexander/Google-Directions-Android/blob/master/sample/src/main/java/com/directions/sample/MainActivity.java

Result

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