Find distance between two points on map using Google Map API V2

In Google Map API V2 You have LatLng objects so you can't use distanceTo (yet).

You can then use the following code considering oldPosition and newPosition are LatLng objects :

// The computed distance is stored in results[0].
//If results has length 2 or greater, the initial bearing is stored in results[1].
//If results has length 3 or greater, the final bearing is stored in results[2].
float[] results = new float[1];
Location.distanceBetween(oldPosition.latitude, oldPosition.longitude,
                newPosition.latitude, newPosition.longitude, results);

For more informations about the Location class see this link

You can use the following method that will give you accurate result

public double CalculationByDistance(LatLng StartP, LatLng EndP) {
        int Radius = 6371;// radius of earth in Km
        double lat1 = StartP.latitude;
        double lat2 = EndP.latitude;
        double lon1 = StartP.longitude;
        double lon2 = EndP.longitude;
        double dLat = Math.toRadians(lat2 - lat1);
        double dLon = Math.toRadians(lon2 - lon1);
        double a = Math.sin(dLat / 2) * Math.sin(dLat / 2)
                + Math.cos(Math.toRadians(lat1))
                * Math.cos(Math.toRadians(lat2)) * Math.sin(dLon / 2)
                * Math.sin(dLon / 2);
        double c = 2 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(a));
        double valueResult = Radius * c;
        double km = valueResult / 1;
        DecimalFormat newFormat = new DecimalFormat("####");
        int kmInDec = Integer.valueOf(newFormat.format(km));
        double meter = valueResult % 1000;
        int meterInDec = Integer.valueOf(newFormat.format(meter));
        Log.i("Radius Value", "" + valueResult + "   KM  " + kmInDec
                + " Meter   " + meterInDec);

        return Radius * c;
    }

You should use the android Location

You can do:

location1.distanceTo(location2);

And also:

float[] results = new float[1];
Location.distanceBetween(latLongA.latitude, latLongA.longitude,
                         latLongB.latitude, latLongB.longitude,
                         results);

And you will get the distance in meters between location1 and location2 in meters. And beetween latLongA ant latLongB.

Using location.

Coming rather late, but seeing that this is one of the top results on Google search for the topic I'll share another way:

Use a one-liner with Googles utility class SphericalUtil

SphericalUtil.computeDistanceBetween(latLngFrom, latLngTo)

You will need the utility classes.

You can simply include them in your project using gradle:

implementation 'com.google.maps.android:android-maps-utils:0.5+'

All this answers will give you the distance in a straight line. If you need to get the distance by road, you have to parse the JSON that Google sends you back after calling his service. You can use this method:

public String getDistance(final double lat1, final double lon1, final double lat2, final double lon2){
    String parsedDistance;
    String response;
        Thread thread=new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {

                    URL url = new URL("http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=" + lat1 + "," + lon1 + "&destination=" + lat2 + "," + lon2 + "&sensor=false&units=metric&mode=driving");
                    final HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
                    conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
                    InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(conn.getInputStream());
                    response = org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils.toString(in, "UTF-8");

                    JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(response);
                    JSONArray array = jsonObject.getJSONArray("routes");
                    JSONObject routes = array.getJSONObject(0);
                    JSONArray legs = routes.getJSONArray("legs");
                    JSONObject steps = legs.getJSONObject(0);
                    JSONObject distance = steps.getJSONObject("distance");
                    parsedDistance=distance.getString("text");

                } catch (ProtocolException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                } catch (JSONException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        });
    thread.start();
    try {
        thread.join();
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return parsedDistance;
}

lat1 and lon1 are coordinates of origin, lat2 and lon2 are coordinates of destination.