Get the distance between two locations in android?

Question

i need to get distance between two location, but i need to get distance like blue line in the picture.

Answer 1

You can use any Distance API. Google API is one of the most popular, but there are also some alternatives, like Distance Matrix API: Documentation

It is very easy to use because you don't need to rewrite code if you were used to using Google Maps API before.

Here is an example of the request:

Get: https://api.distancematrix.ai/distancematrix?origins=51.4822656,-0.1933769&destinations=51.4994794,-0.1269979&key=

And this is the response example:

{
  "destination_addresses":["Westminster Abbey, Westminster, 
  London SW1P 3PA, UK"],
  "origin_addresses":["Chapel, Fulham, London SW6 1BA, UK"],
  "rows":[
    {
      "elements":[
        {
          "distance":{
            "text": "4.7 miles",
            "value": 7563.898
          },
          "duration":{
            "text": "28 min",
            "value": 1680
          },
          "duration_in_traffic":{
            "text": "28 min",
            "value": 1680
          },
          "status": "OK"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "status": "OK"
}

Disclaimer: I work at a company that creates this API.