Mapbox Android: How to get directions from current location to a destination you choose?

Question

Okay so I am fairly new to Mapbox, I have used GMaps prior to this but I found that Mapbox is more capable of doing what I need, the problem is I have hit a bit of a wall.

Answer 1

A few mistakes in your code, biggest being you are still using MapView to get location information when you can use MapboxMap instead. Heres some rough code that will do what you ask for. It doesn't check for user permission like you should but it will show you how to do the Mapbox stuff.

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.annotations.MarkerOptions;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.annotations.PolylineOptions;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.geometry.LatLng;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapView;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapboxMap;
import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.OnMapReadyCallback;
import com.mapbox.services.Constants;
import com.mapbox.services.android.geocoder.ui.GeocoderAutoCompleteView;
import com.mapbox.services.commons.ServicesException;
import com.mapbox.services.commons.geojson.LineString;
import com.mapbox.services.commons.models.Position;
import com.mapbox.services.directions.v5.DirectionsCriteria;
import com.mapbox.services.directions.v5.MapboxDirections;
import com.mapbox.services.directions.v5.models.DirectionsResponse;
import com.mapbox.services.directions.v5.models.DirectionsRoute;
import com.mapbox.services.geocoding.v5.GeocodingCriteria;
import com.mapbox.services.geocoding.v5.models.GeocodingFeature;

import java.util.List;

import retrofit2.Call;
import retrofit2.Callback;
import retrofit2.Response;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    private final static String TAG = "MainActivity";

    private MapView mapView;
    private MapboxMap map;
    private DirectionsRoute currentRoute;

    private Position origin;
    private Position destination;

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

        // Setup the MapView
        mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapView);
        mapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        mapView.getMapAsync(new OnMapReadyCallback() {
            @Override
            public void onMapReady(MapboxMap mapboxMap) {
                map = mapboxMap;

                mapboxMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);

                // Set up autocomplete widget
                GeocoderAutoCompleteView autocomplete = (GeocoderAutoCompleteView) findViewById(R.id.query);
            autocomplete.setAccessToken("<your access token>");
            autocomplete.setType(GeocodingCriteria.TYPE_POI);
            autocomplete.setOnFeatureListener(new GeocoderAutoCompleteView.OnFeatureListener() {
                @Override
                public void OnFeatureClick(GeocodingFeature feature) {

                    if(map.getMyLocation() != null) {
                        // Set the origin as user location only if we can get their location
                        origin = Position.fromCoordinates(map.getMyLocation().getLongitude(), map.getMyLocation().getLatitude());
                    }else{
                        return;
                    }

                    destination = feature.asPosition();

                    // Add origin and destination to the map
                    map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
                            .position(new LatLng(origin.getLatitude(), origin.getLongitude())));
                    map.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
                            .position(new LatLng(destination.getLatitude(), destination.getLongitude())));

                    // Get route from API
                    try {
                        getRoute(origin, destination);
                    } catch (ServicesException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }

                }
            });
        }
    });
}

private void getRoute(Position origin, Position destination) throws ServicesException {

    MapboxDirections client = new MapboxDirections.Builder()
            .setOrigin(origin)
            .setDestination(destination)
            .setProfile(DirectionsCriteria.PROFILE_CYCLING)
            .setAccessToken("<your access token>")
            .build();

    client.enqueueCall(new Callback<DirectionsResponse>() {
        @Override
        public void onResponse(Call<DirectionsResponse> call, Response<DirectionsResponse> response) {
            // You can get the generic HTTP info about the response
            Log.d(TAG, "Response code: " + response.code());
            if (response.body() == null) {
                Log.e(TAG, "No routes found, make sure you set the right user and access token.");
                return;
            }

            // Print some info about the route
            currentRoute = response.body().getRoutes().get(0);
            Log.d(TAG, "Distance: " + currentRoute.getDistance());
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Route is " +  currentRoute.getDistance() + " meters long.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

            // Draw the route on the map
            drawRoute(currentRoute);
        }

        @Override
        public void onFailure(Call<DirectionsResponse> call, Throwable t) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Error: " + t.getMessage());
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Error: " + t.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    });
}

private void drawRoute(DirectionsRoute route) {
    // Convert LineString coordinates into LatLng[]
    LineString lineString = LineString.fromPolyline(route.getGeometry(), Constants.OSRM_PRECISION_V5);
    List<Position> coordinates = lineString.getCoordinates();
    LatLng[] points = new LatLng[coordinates.size()];
    for (int i = 0; i < coordinates.size(); i++) {
        points[i] = new LatLng(
                coordinates.get(i).getLatitude(),
                coordinates.get(i).getLongitude());
    }

    // Draw Points on MapView
    map.addPolyline(new PolylineOptions()
            .add(points)
            .color(Color.parseColor("#009688"))
            .width(5));
}

@Override
public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    mapView.onResume();
}

@Override
public void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    mapView.onPause();
}

@Override
protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
    mapView.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
}

@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();
    mapView.onDestroy();
}

@Override
public void onLowMemory() {
    super.onLowMemory();
    mapView.onLowMemory();
}

Hope this helps!