get distance between Current location and Selected Place in android

android, android-location, android-mapview, geolocation

Solution

Get the distance between current location and a selected place using android.

public static double distFrom(
    double lat1, double lng1, double lat2, double lng2)
{
    double earthRadius = 3958.75;
    double dLat = Math.toRadians(lat2-lat1);
    double dLng = Math.toRadians(lng2-lng1); 
    double a = Math.sin(dLat/2) * Math.sin(dLat/2) +
        Math.cos(Math.toRadians(lat1)) * Math.cos(Math.toRadians(lat2)) * 
        Math.sin(dLng/2) * Math.sin(dLng/2);
    double c = 2 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt(a), Math.sqrt(1-a)); 
    double dist = earthRadius * c; 

    return dist; 
}

Problem

I am new to android developing, I want to make an application like give me distance on MapView between my current location and selected place. please give me some suggestion for this.

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