Android lib to read or parse shapefile

Question

is there any library that is able to read parse a .shp file, preferably on where I don't need to use NDK. I was trying to use GeoTools but i can't seam to get it to work on Android.

Answer 1

I've been using two lightweight shapefile parsers with good results in Android: diewald_shapeFileReader and Java ESRI Shape File Reader.

GeoTools relies heavily on AWT and Java Service Provider Interface (SPI) both not supported by Android. So it´s not a viable option.

EDIT 2021

Osmdroid library as of Mar 24st, 2019, Release: 6.1.0,

supports overlaying shapefiles using the Java ESRI Shape File Reader I mentioned previously.

Syntax:

List<Overlay>  folder = ShapeConverter.convert(mMapView, new File(myshape));
mMapView.getOverlayManager().addAll(folder);
mMapView.invalidate();

Where

myshape is a .shp file somewhere on the drive. If other metadata files are found, they will be used and injected into the converted shapes.