Calculate routing summary

To use Text Search (New) or Nearby Search (New) to calculate the travel duration and distance to each place in the response:

Pass the RoutingParameters parameter in the request, using setOrigin() to specify the latitude and longitude coordinates of the routing origin. This parameter is required to calculate the duration and distance to each place in the response.
When building the request object, add .setRoutingSummariesIncluded(true).

Use Text Search (New)

In the following request, you calculate the travel duration and distance to each place in the Text Search (New) response:

// Specify the list of fields to return.
final List<Place.Field> placeFields = Arrays.asList(Place.Field.ID, Place.Field.NAME);

// Define the routing parameters object and pass the routing origin.
RoutingParameters routingParameters = RoutingParameters.builder()
    .setOrigin(toLatLng("-33.8688, 151.1957362"))
    .build();

// Use the builder to create a SearchByTextRequest object and pass the routing parameters.
// Set setRoutingSummariesIncluded to true.
final SearchByTextRequest searchByTextRequest = SearchByTextRequest.builder("Spicy Vegetarian Food in Sydney, Australia", placeFields)
    .setMaxResultCount(10)
    .setRoutingParameters(routingParameters)
    .setRoutingSummariesIncluded(true)
    .build();

// Call PlacesClient.searchByText() to perform the search.
// Define a response handler to process the returned Lists of Place objects, RoutingSummary objects, and Leg objects.
placesClient.searchByText(searchByTextRequest)   
    .addOnSuccessListener(response -> {
      List<Place> places = response.getPlaces();
      List<RoutingSummary> routingSummaries = response.getRoutingSummaries();
      List<Leg> legs = routingSummaries.get(0).getLegs();
      Duration duration = legs.get(0).getDuration();
    });

The SearchByTextResponse class represents the response from a search request. You can call SearchByTextResponse.getRoutingSummaries() to return the list of routing summaries. A SearchByTextResponse object also contains:

A list of Place objects that represent all matching places, with one Place object per matching place.
Each Place object only contains the fields defined by the field list passed in the request.

Note: The response only contains the duration and distanceMeters to each place. It does not contain the actual route itself. To calculate the route, use the Routes API, passing to it the origin and location of the destination place.

Use Nearby Search

In this example, you calculate the travel duration and distance to each place in the Nearby Search response. This example searches for restaurants in Sydney, Australia and sets the location restriction and the routing origin to the same latitude and longitude coordinate:

// Specify the list of fields to return.
final List<Place.Field> placeFields = Arrays.asList(Place.Field.ID, Place.Field.NAME);

// Define the search area as a 500 meter diameter circle in Sydney, Australia.
LatLng center = new LatLng(-33.8688, 151.1957362);
CircularBounds circle = CircularBounds.newInstance(center, /* radius = */ 500);

// Define the routing parameters object and pass the routing origin.
RoutingParameters routingParameters = RoutingParameters.builder()
    .setOrigin(toLatLng("-33.8688, 151.1957362"))
    .build();

// Use the builder to create a SearchNearbyRequest object and pass the routing parameters.
// Set setRoutingSummariesIncluded to true.
final SearchNearbyRequest searchNearbyRequest =
SearchNearbyRequest.builder(/* location restriction = */ circle, placeFields)
    .setIncludedTypes(includedTypes)
    .setMaxResultCount(10)
    .setRoutingParameters(routingParameters)
    .setRoutingSummariesIncluded(true)
    .build();

// Call PlacesClient.searchNearby() to perform the search.
// Define a response handler to process the returned Lists of Place objects, RoutingSummary objects, and Leg objects.
placesClient.searchNearby(searchNearbyRequest)
    .addOnSuccessListener(response -> {
      List<Place> places = response.getPlaces();
      List<RoutingSummary> routingSummaries = response.getRoutingSummaries();
      List<Leg> legs = routingSummaries.get(0).getLegs();
      Duration duration = legs.get(0).getDuration();
    });

The SearchNearbyResponse class represents the response from a search request. You can call SearchNearbyResponse.getRoutingSummaries() to return the list of routing summaries. A SearchNearbyResponse object also contains:

A list of Place objects that represent all matching places, with one Place object per matching place.
Each Place object only contains the fields defined by the field list passed in the request.

You don't have to use the same coordinates for the location restriction and the for routing origin. For example, you set the locations restriction to the center point of Sydney to restrict the search results to that circle. But you then set the routing origin to the coordinates of your house, meaning to a different location within the search circle. The request then restricts the search results to the circle, and calculates the routing summaries based on the location of your house.

Specify travel options

By default, the duration and distance calculations are for a car. However, you can control the vehicle type, as well as other options, in the search.

Use routingParameters.setTravelMode() to set the mode of transportation to DRIVE, BICYCLE, WALK, or TWO_WHEELER. For more information on these options, see Available vehicle types for routes.

Note: The Routes API also supports a mode of TRANSIT, but that mode is not supported by the Places API.

Note: The TWO_WHEELER option is only supported in those countries listed at Countries and regions supported for two-wheeled vehicles.
Use routingParameters.setRoutingPreference() to set the routing preference option to TRAFFIC_UNAWARE (default), TRAFFIC_AWARE, or TRAFFIC_AWARE_OPTIMAL. Each option has varying levels of data quality and latency. For more information, see Specify how and if to include traffic data.
Use routingParameters.setRouteModifiers() to specify to avoidTolls, avoidHighways, avoidFerries, and avoidIndoor. For more information on these options, see Specify route features to avoid.

In the next example, you specify the travel mode as DRIVE and to avoid highways:

// Specify the list of fields to return.
final List<Place.Field> placeFields = Arrays.asList(Place.Field.ID, Place.Field.NAME);

// Define the routing modifiers object.
RouteModifiers routeModifiers = RouteModifiers.builder()
    .setAvoidHighways(true)
    .build();

// Define the routing parameters object and pass the routing origin.
RoutingParameters routingParameters = RoutingParameters.builder()
    .setOrigin(toLatLng("-33.8688, 151.1957362"))
    .setTravelMode(DRIVE)
    .setRouteModifiers(routeModifiers)
    .build();

// Use the builder to create a SearchByTextRequest object and pass the routing parameters.
// Set setRoutingSummariesIncluded to true.
final SearchByTextRequest searchByTextRequest = SearchByTextRequest.builder("Spicy Vegetarian Food in Sydney, Australia", placeFields)
    .setMaxResultCount(10)
    .setRoutingParameters(routingParameters)
    .setRoutingSummariesIncluded(true)
    .build();

// Call PlacesClient.searchByText() to perform the search.
// Define a response handler to process the returned Lists of Place objects, RoutingSummary objects, and Leg objects.
placesClient.searchByText(searchByTextRequest)   
    .addOnSuccessListener(response -> {
      List<Place> places = response.getPlaces();
      List<RoutingSummary> routingSummaries = result.getRoutingSummaries();
      List<Leg> legs = routingSummaries.get(0).getLegs();
      Duration duration = legs.get(0).getDuration();
    });