How to Use WMS and WFS in Android

Question

I am completly new in the whole Geo IT materia :/, and my task is to check some ways to view a map in Android, overlayed with Vector data.

I have an WMS and WFS service where I can get the Data. But how can I integrate this in Android ?

Google Maps Api is not Free for use comercial right ? Nutiteq, too ? Does osmdroid supports stuff like wms/wfs ? what about mapforge ? Mapforge is only for offline maps right ?

Does someone got nice tutorials how to build such maps ?

Whats about Shape Files, can i combine a osm map tiles with shape files which contain the vector data ?

I know that are much questions, at the moment i feel like a fish thrown in a new sea. I would be very happy if someone could help me a bit :)

and sorry 4 my bad english.

Regards Matthias

Answer 1

maybe you can check this link : Using getTileURL in Android Application with GeoServer

i'm also in progress to build my application that use WMS in android. i'm using Geoserver as server. so far, it's running well. i think this link is enough to give you tutorial how to use wms in android. i hope it helps. i'm sorry if my english is not good enough

Answer 2

Implements WMS, WMS-C(ontext), and WFS

http://openscales.org/

OpenScales is an open source (LGPL) mapping framework written in ActionScript 3 and Flex that enables developers to build Rich Internet Mapping Applications.

Desktop and mobile (Android, iOS) applications can both be created using OpenScales. See our YouTube channel.

iPad-Viewer will be proposed at the beginning of 2012.

Cheers