title: Offline Open Street Map in Android
body: <p>I have a project that has a requirement of displaying map data in offline mode also. I have used OpenStreet maps. I have downloaded .PBF file for my area . I want to access these map file from android application. I also visit these links:
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7625620/how-to-create-map-tiles-from-openstreetmap-offline-display-it-on-android">How to create map tiles from OpenStreetMap offline, display it on Android?</a>
  <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/PBF_Format" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PBF Format</a>
  I am a newbie in Android developing so excuse me about my elementary question. Can anybody guide me how I use .PBF file and solve this problem?</p>