Android Displaying Distance, Duration and Route in Application Using Google Maps

In this article i going to share a tutorial about how to display distance, duration and route in your application using Google Maps. You guys pretty sure have been know about the navigation feature of Google Maps, right?. Look at Figure 1

Figure 1

This tutorial will showing something like that. Like Figure 1, you can see how long the distance and duration to the destination. Also you can see which route that recommend by Google Maps

From the Video, is this similar as what you're looking for? If yes, please kindly follow the next steps. But if not, it's also ok for me :D

PREPARATION

1. Get the API KEY from Google
2. Start Development with Android Studio

IMPLEMENTATION

2. Get the KEY and activating the Google Maps API

Open this link : https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-api/ , After in, click the GET API button at the top right side. Take a look at Figure 2

Figure 2

Next, create new project. The name of the project must be similar with your project in Android Studio. But it's up to you! It's ok. Take a look at Figure 3

Figure 3

Choose +Create a new project, Fill the project name and press button ENALBE API. After your press the button enable api, you'll given a Server Key. This Server Key that will you use and set in your AndroidManifest. Take a look Figure 4

Figure 4

As you can see ad Figure 4, you have got the API KEY. You also can open the console by press the button GO TO CONSOLE. Take a look at Figure 5

Figure 5

You can change the name. Write whatever so make you easy to remember. Because next when you have much project, you'll confusing haha. private experience.

2. Start Development in Android Studio

Before start, the first thing you have to know is the endpoint and the json format. It makes you easy to create the model class. You can check the json format here :

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=-8.60815684,115.18285993&destination=-8.1246437,115.3133908&sensor=false&mode=driving&alternatives=true


Several term inside the model that you'll create must be same as the attribute name of the respon json above.

Ok, let's start. In order you don't get confuse while following this tutorial, for a while, please kindly follow my project structure. Take a look at Figure 6

Figure 6

Let start create the class one by one. First give some permissions on your AndroidManifest.xml and declare the API-KEY-SERVER that we have got.

Second, compile several libraries in your build.gradle (Module:app) that we'll use in this project. Look at the code below :

PACKAGE MODELS

There are some models that we'll use in this tutorial, the function of there method is to do getter and setter. Let's create one by one.

Data.java

Legs.java

Distance.java

Duration.java

DirectionResultModel.java

This class used to take route's data from json

EndLocation.java

This class used to take LatLng from the Destination (End Location)

Route.java

This class used to take all of Leg's data from json

StartLocation.java

This class used ti take LatLng's data from Origin (Start Location)

PACKAGE HELPERS

In this package contains several class.java that used to make easy development proccess

Constant.java

This class contains variables that used as key in storing data in SharedPreference and Storing URL/Endpoint

DirectionJSONParser.java

This class used to parse JSON. In this class also contains method that create polyline  

LoggingInterceptorGoogle.java

As previous tutorials, class LoggingInterceptor used to make easy for debugging

Utils.java

This class cointains method SharedPreferences that used to store data

PACKAGE APISERVICES

In this package contains an interface. This interface contains method that i used to execute the URL/Endpoint that has been prepared

ApiService.java

PACKAGE ADAPTER

In this package only contains adapter class. The function of this adapter is set and show list object location

AdapterListView.java

PACKAGE ACTIVITIES

In this package contains only Activity classes

ListDestinationActivity.java

This class used to show all the destination list. Later, when we choose one location from the list, it will direct to the maps and show the route between origin and destination
ViewRouteActivity.java

This class will showing the destination, duration and route from the origin to the destination.

MainActivity.java

This class will showing the map include the marker from the list location that we have.

That's all the steps that you can follow to display distance, duration and route in Application using Google Maps.

If done, then running your project. Hope there is no error :D