title: Google Maps directions text
body: <p>I am making an Android app that provides directions from the current location. I want to know if there is any way to obtain the directions as text from the Google Maps. I do not need to display the map or draw a polyline. Only the directions have to be displayed as text. For example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>1. Turn left at XYZ street.
  2. Go straight for 500 metres.
  etc. etc.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I know that it is possible to use JSON and obtain the information required to display the directions on a map. However, this does not provide word directions. Can Google Maps API v2 be used for this? If not, how can the directions be obtained as text?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance!</p>