android get and parse Google Directions

Question

google Directions API

I read this guide now I can build a correct request to receive the xml file containg the directions from address A to address B. What I need is some instructions and example on how to read this xml to draw the obtained directions on an Android MapView. I'd like also to know what represents this tag in the xml:

<overview_polyline>
<points>
a~l~Fjk~uOnzh@vlbBtc~@tsE`vnApw{A`dw@~w\|tNtqf@l{Yd_Fblh@rxo@b}
@xxSfytAblk@xxaBeJxlcBb~t@zbh@jc|Bx}C`rv@rw|@rlhA~dVzeo@vrSnc}Axf]fjz@
xfFbw~@dz{A~d{A|zOxbrBbdUvpo@`cFp~xBc`Hk@nurDznmFfwMbwz@bbl@lq~@lo
Ppxq@bw_@v|{CbtY~jGqeMb{iF|n\~mbDzeVh_Wr|Efc\x`Ij{kE}mAb~uF{cNd}xBjp]
fulBiwJpgg@|kHntyArpb@bijCk_Kv~eGyqTj_|@`uV`k|DcsNdwxAott@r}q@_gc@nu`CnvH
x`k@dse@j|p@zpiAp|gEicy@`omFvaErfo@igQxnlApqGze~AsyRzrjAb__@ftyB}pIlo_B
flmA~yQftNboWzoAlzp@mz`@|}_@fda@jakEitAn{fB_a]lexClshBtmqAdmY_hLxiZd~XtaBndgC
</points>
<levels>BBBAAAAABAABAAAAAABBAAABBAAAABBAAABABAAABABBAABAABAAAABABABABBABAABB</levels> 
</overview_polyline> 

thanks

Answer 1

I found this example on the web I'll try to use it. polyline decoding example

private List<GeoPoint> decodePoly(String encoded) {

  List<GeoPoint> poly = new ArrayList<GeoPoint>();
  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;

      GeoPoint p = new GeoPoint((int) (((double) lat / 1E5) * 1E6),
           (int) (((double) lng / 1E5) * 1E6));
      poly.add(p);
  }

  return poly;
}

Answer 2

You might find the link in the answer to this question useful:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2853017/android-google-directions