MapContainer.addPath draws a straight line instead of actual route

[Eric-Chomba]

Summary

MapContainer.addPath draws a straight line between coordinates.

Minimal reproducer

Using this test case

    public void runApp() {
        MapContainer cntMap = new MapContainer("MAP_KEY");

        cntMap.addPath(cntMap.getCameraPosition(),
                //new Coord(-33.866, 151.195), //Sydney
                //new Coord(-18.142, 178.431), //Fiji
                //new Coord(21.291, -157.821), //Hawaii
                //new Coord(37.423, -122.091) //Mountain View
                new Coord(38.8936904,-77.179282)
        );

        form.add(cntMap);
        form.show()
    }

Steps to reproduce

Run the test case above in a simulator.

Expected and observed behavior

Show actual route on the roads to help drivers to navigate to a destination.

Codename One version

7.0.262

JDK version

17

Target environment

Simulator, Android, iOS

Last known working version

No response

Logs and diagnostics

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[shai-almog]

This API is specifically designed to draw polygons on the map, the map can't tell where you can drive or if you're even driving e.g. the app might be a walking directions map or a bicycle path map.

What you're looking for is a routing API as you mentioned in the title. I changed this to an enhancement request instead.

[Eric-Chomba]

Good. It will be nice for MapContainer to have this routing API.