Get Latitude and Longitude from gpx file

GPX, or GPS eXchange Format is an XML schema designed as a common GPS data format for software applications.

It can be used to describe waypoints, tracks, and routes. The format is open and can be used without the need to pay license fees. Its tags store location, elevation, and time and can in this way be used to interchange data between GPS devices and software packages. Such computer programs allow users, for example, to view their tracks, project their tracks on satellite images or other maps, annotate maps, and tag photographs with the geolocation in the Exif metadata.

~ source: Wikipedia - GPS eXchange Format.

This example demonstrate how to parse gpx file, to generate a list of Location.

Create a text file "test.gpx", copy and modify from the example in Wikipedia - GPS eXchange Format, save in temp folder of Android device's sdcard.
/sdcard/temp/test.gpx

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>

<gpx xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" xmlns:gpxx="http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/GpxExtensions/v3" xmlns:gpxtpx="http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/TrackPointExtension/v1" creator="Oregon 400t" version="1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/GpxExtensions/v3 http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/GpxExtensionsv3.xsd http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/TrackPointExtension/v1 http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/TrackPointExtensionv1.xsd">
  <metadata>
    <link href="http://www.garmin.com">
      <text>Garmin International</text>
    </link>
    <time>2009-10-17T22:58:43Z</time>
  </metadata>
  <trk>
    <name>Example GPX Document</name>
    <trkseg>
      <trkpt lat="47.644548" lon="-122.326897">
        <ele>4.46</ele>
        <time>2009-10-17T18:37:26Z</time>
      </trkpt>
      <trkpt lat="47.644001" lon="-122.326001">
        <ele>4.94</ele>
        <time>2009-10-17T18:37:31Z</time>
      </trkpt>
      <trkpt lat="47.644002" lon="-122.326002">
        <ele>6.87</ele>
        <time>2009-10-17T18:37:34Z</time>
      </trkpt>
    </trkseg>
  </trk>
</gpx>

package com.example.androidcodinggpx;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

import android.location.Location;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
  String path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + "/temp/test.gpx";
  
  TextView textInfo = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.info);
  String info = "";
  
  File gpxFile = new File(path);
  info += gpxFile.getPath() +"\n\n";
  

  List<Location> gpxList = decodeGPX(gpxFile);

  for(int i = 0; i < gpxList.size(); i++){
   info += ((Location)gpxList.get(i)).getLatitude() 
     + " : " 
     + ((Location)gpxList.get(i)).getLongitude() + "\n";
  }
  
  textInfo.setText(info);
 }

 @Override
 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
  getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
  return true;
 }
 
 private List<Location> decodeGPX(File file){
  List<Location> list = new ArrayList<Location>();

  DocumentBuilderFactory documentBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
  try {
   DocumentBuilder documentBuilder = documentBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
   FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(file);
   Document document = documentBuilder.parse(fileInputStream);
   Element elementRoot = document.getDocumentElement();
   
   NodeList nodelist_trkpt = elementRoot.getElementsByTagName("trkpt");

   for(int i = 0; i < nodelist_trkpt.getLength(); i++){
    
    Node node = nodelist_trkpt.item(i);
    NamedNodeMap attributes = node.getAttributes();
    
    String newLatitude = attributes.getNamedItem("lat").getTextContent();
    Double newLatitude_double = Double.parseDouble(newLatitude);
    
    String newLongitude = attributes.getNamedItem("lon").getTextContent();
    Double newLongitude_double = Double.parseDouble(newLongitude);
    
    String newLocationName = newLatitude + ":" + newLongitude;
    Location newLocation = new Location(newLocationName);
    newLocation.setLatitude(newLatitude_double);
    newLocation.setLongitude(newLongitude_double);
    
    list.add(newLocation);

   }
   
   fileInputStream.close();
   
  } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  } catch (SAXException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  } catch (IOException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
  
  return list;
 }


}

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/info"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/hello_world" />

</LinearLayout>

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