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I want to develop an Android app which will display Google Maps and also display a shapefile (Esri shapefile with polygons, styled in ArcGIS, and having an attribute table). I want to be able to display the shapefile so that if someone clicks a polygon in the shapefile it brings up the attribute of that polygon.

Is this possible in Google Maps Android API, if not what are the other alternatives?

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  • Alternatives, use a WMS or WFS
    – nmtoken
    Feb 14, 2022 at 12:54
  • Any working example?
    – Asim Gulzar
    Feb 14, 2022 at 20:21

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First Method:

Yes, that is normal work that you can do this. First you should export your Shapefiles to a Spatialite database. You can download Spatialite-GUI for do this. Then you can add these records to map and get any record from database with click on map. I am working with Mapsforge VTM instead of Google Map.

Second Method:

You can use Geoserver to generate a WMS layer and then show that in your application.

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  • i want to have an independent application not using any external dbms , i think by your answer you mean i need to have the db running on a server somewhere, plus i cant use geoserver for same reasons, i dont want to have commuication with the server, just an app which has shapefiles stored locally..
    – Asim Gulzar
    Mar 17, 2022 at 7:39
  • You can use "First Method" to save your shapefile in a local database. Then retrieve that and show it on the map. You don't need to use Geoserver and communication with the server by this method.
    – Ali Mahdian
    Mar 17, 2022 at 9:03

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