Navigation plugin

[zugaldia]

Currently we bundle the Navigation SDK for Android (https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-navigation-android) with no explicit dependencies on the Map SDK. This makes the Navigation SDK light-weight, well-contained, and suitable of a wide range of applications.

However, there're some specific features that a navigation app would build on top of the Maps SDK (like route layers updated as the user navigate, or traffic #4). Let's bring this functionality as a navigation-focused plugin.

cc: @mapbox/navigation

[cammace]

Picking this ticket up, the plugin should be called something like navigation-viewport and begin by handling two different occurrences that depend on the MapboxMap object. The route line can be drawn in runtime styling with a casing. The other feature being camera adjustments for speed, maneuver zones, etc.

[zugaldia]

the plugin should be called something like navigation-viewport

Why not simply NavigationPlugin? Unless we envision more than one navigation plugin, that name seems the clearer option.

[Guardiola31337]

A great feature to have would be to give users the possibility of having the puck centered so the camera animates automatically when receiving indications.
Would it make sense to include that feature in the Mapbox Navigation SDK?

[cammace]

@Guardiola31337 the navigation pucks independent from the navigation plugin, the puck can be found in the location layer plugin. For the camera animating as the user traverses along the route, this navigation plugin has the intention to handle this, though it's still in its early days.

[cammace]

The Navigation UI Plugin makes this ticket obsolete since it will depend on the map sdk. https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-navigation-android/tree/master/navigation/libandroid-navigation-ui

closing.

[zugaldia]

@cammace is there a ticket on https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-navigation-android where we could track the release of the new libandroid-navigation-ui module?

[cammace]

Not really, i'm a bit confused on how we will be tracking projects now with the new issue tracking through ZenHub. I'll work with @ericrwolfe on getting something setup.