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Getting current location in textview

whenever I click on a particular location in Google Map, I want that location's name to be displayed in a text view. Is there any way I can do it?

Get lat_lng value for particular location, then lat lng value pass to geocoder method.
public void getgetLocationAddress(Context context,double lat,double lng){
Geocoder geocoder;
List<Address> addresses;
geocoder = new Geocoder(context, Locale.getDefault());
try {
addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(lat, lng, 1); // Here 1 represent max location result to returned, by documents it recommended 1 to 5
address = addresses.get(0).getAddressLine(0); // If any additional address line present than only, check with max available address lines by getMaxAddressLineIndex()
city = addresses.get(0).getLocality();
String state = addresses.get(0).getAdminArea();
country = addresses.get(0).getCountryName();
// System.out.println("SDK_DATA"+address+"..."+city +country);
//Here address set to your textview
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} }

Distance of Location from a zip (postal) code

The Android API has Location.distanceBetween(), which accepts two lat/lon values and returns a distance in meters. Is there a way that I could get this distance with only having a zip (postal) code for one of my points?

You may want to use Android's Geocoder API. Something like this should work:
String locationName = zipCode + ", " + countryName;
Geocoder geoCoder = new Geocoder(context, Locale.getDefault());
try {
List<Address> address = geoCoder.getFromLocationName(locationName, 1);
double latitude = address.get(0).getLatitude();
double longitude = address.get(0).getLongitude();
Location.distanceBetween(...);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
You need to include the country's name because of this: Get latitude and longitude based on zip using Geocoder class in Android

geocoder.getFromLocation returning null

my code :
try
{
Geocoder geocoder;
List<Address> addresses;
geocoder = new Geocoder(LocationActivity.this, Locale.getDefault());
addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(longitude,latitude,1);
Toast.makeText(LocationActivity.this, addresses.size() + "", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
String address = addresses.get(0).getAddressLine(0);
String city = addresses.get(0).getAddressLine(0);
String country = addresses.get(0).getAddressLine(0);
Toast.makeText(LocationActivity.this, address + " " + city + " " + country, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
Toast.makeText(LocationActivity.this,e.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
this is my code to get address from longitude and latitude.
but every time addresses.size returns 0
can anyone help me for this

I find the solution...
hold Ctrl on getFromLocation() and go to Geocoder.class .
then download sources for your android API and restart your project.
then you see its work

if you are using emulator go to DDMS you will find emulator control and give your valid lat lng in that and press send..
and Batter make sure that mention Internet permissions in manifest...
try {
Geocoder geocoder;
List<Address> addresses;
geocoder = new Geocoder(this, Locale.getDefault());
double longitude = 23.00000;
double latitude = 72.00000;
addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(longitude, latitude, 1);
Toast.makeText(this, addresses.size() + "", Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
.show();
String address = addresses.get(0).getAddressLine(0);
String city = addresses.get(0).getAddressLine(1);
String country = addresses.get(0).getAddressLine(2);
if(address==null)
address="";
if(city==null)
city="";
if(country==null)
country="";
Toast.makeText(this, address + " " + city + " " + country,
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
} catch (Exception e) {
Toast.makeText(this, e.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}

Im not sure if this will help, but I think you are getting an IOException. Look at the LogCat. Also see this

The Geocoder query methods will return an empty list if there no backend service in the platform.
ref - http://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/Geocoder.html

Fixed it with a condtion address.size() > 0 in the try loop.
I didn't really found out where the real problem is , but it seems that the loop is happening twice, and once too early , because i could have the loop happened twice , one empty result and one good result.
Maybe coming from me as as two map and date passing through intent.
But fixed for me

Android reverse geocoding getLocality returns often null

I am using Android Geocoding to get the current city with Address.getLocality(). It has worked fine, until just recently it appears to often return null for the locality.
Here is an example:
try {
Geocoder c = new Geocoder(this, Locale.getDefault());
double lat = 51.481;
double lon = 0.0;
List<Address> l = c.getFromLocation(lat, lon, 5);
for (Address a: l) {
Log.i("GeocoderTest", "Locality " + a.getLocality() + " (" + a + ")");
}
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e("GeocoderTest", "", e);
}
This now logs the following message for the first returned address:
Locality null (Address[addressLines=[0:"14-18 Park Vista",1:"London
Borough of Greenwich, London
SE10",2:"UK"],feature=,admin=null,sub-admin=null,locality=null,thoroughfare=Park
Vista,postalCode=null,countryCode=GB,countryName=United
Kingdom,hasLatitude=true,latitude=51.4819069,hasLongitude=true,longitude=-6.327E-4,phone=null,url=null,extras=null])
Some locations do return the city in the locality, while a location next to it does not.
So it did work just fine before, actually I had not seen a null locality before. So I guess something must have changed in Google's geocoding service. Any idea what is going on, and is this situation permanent? If yes, what would be the best way to determine the city from a location?

I noticed, that very often getLocality() returns null for the first address in the list, returned by Geocoder.
On the other hand correct city name stays at Locality of a next Address.
So I am using this workaround and it works well for big cities:
private String getCityNameByCoordinates(double lat, double lon) throws IOException {
List<Address> addresses = mGeocoder.getFromLocation(lat, lon, 10);
if (addresses != null && addresses.size() > 0) {
for (Address adr : addresses) {
if (adr.getLocality() != null && adr.getLocality().length() > 0) {
return adr.getLocality();
}
}
}
return null;
}

Now I live in Canada, Ontario, Hamilton (Hamilton is my city, Ontario is the province)
I noticed that getLocality() returns null, and getAdminArea() returns Ontario, and getSubLocality() returns Hamilton. ch

In Kotlin I have done something like this, given the address a
var place = a.locality
if (place == null) place = a.subLocality
if (place == null) place = a.subAdminArea
if (place == null) place = a.adminArea
It works even for remote places

Using getSubAdminArea() worked fine for me.

Getting street name from Address/Location object in Android

I'm trying to get the street name of my current location but I can't seem to get it.
I use this method to retrieve the Address:
public Address getAddressForLocation(Context context, Location location) throws IOException {
if (location == null) {
return null;
}
double latitude = location.getLatitude();
double longitude = location.getLongitude();
int maxResults = 1;
Geocoder gc = new Geocoder(context, Locale.getDefault());
List<Address> addresses = gc.getFromLocation(latitude, longitude, maxResults);
if (addresses.size() == 1) {
return addresses.get(0);
} else {
return null;
}
}
And then I can do things like. address.getLocality() and address.getPostalCode()
But what I want is the street name. Like in "Potterstreet 12". When I print the AddressLine(0) and AddressLine(1) I only get the postalcode, city and country.
How can I retrieve the street name of the position i'm currently at?

Have you tried using getAddressLine ?
See here for more info on this method
Something like this should do (untested):
for (int i = 0; i < addresses.getMaxAddressLineIndex(); i++) {
Log.d("=Adress=",addresses.getAddressLine(i));
}

Try something like this in your code
String cityName=null;
Geocoder gcd = new Geocoder(getBaseContext(),Locale.getDefault());
List<Address> addresses;
try {
addresses = gcd.getFromLocation(location.getLatitude(), location
.getLongitude(), 1);
if (addresses.size() > 0)
StreetName=addresses.get(0).getThoroughfare();
String s = longitude+"\n"+latitude +
"\n\nMy Currrent Street is: "+StreetName;
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), s, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
it works for me :-) Good luck ;-)

If you have a complete address (city + street), in
address.getAddressLine(0)
you find the street name and number.

getFromLocation wasn't working for me either. There are a couple steps you can take.
1. First off go into gradle and make sure you are using the latest play services lib.
2. Don't over specify, the reason I got no results is because I had to much info in my address. When I removed the postal code I got results every time.
3. Try the online api:
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=192%20McEwan%20Dr%20E,%20Caledon,%20ON&sensor=false
Just replace the address in there with yours.
Good luck

I had a very similar problem but with the Country name, this is the function I ended up using:
function getCountry(results) {
var geocoderAddressComponent,addressComponentTypes,address;
for (var i in results) {
geocoderAddressComponent = results[i].address_components;
for (var j in geocoderAddressComponent) {
address = geocoderAddressComponent[j];
addressComponentTypes = geocoderAddressComponent[j].types;
for (var k in addressComponentTypes) {
if (addressComponentTypes[k] == 'country') {
return address.long_name;
}
}
}
}
return 'Unknown';
}
You should be able to adapt this to get the street name out without much fuss.
Inspired by this answer

Geocoder gcd = new Geocoder(this, Locale.getDefault());
List<Address> addresses =
gcd.getFromLocation(currentLatitude, currentLongitude,100);
if (addresses.size() > 0 && addresses != null) {
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
myaddress.setText(addresses.get(0).getFeatureName()+"-"+addresses.get(0).getLocality()+"-"+addresses.get(0).getAdminArea()+"-"+addresses.get(0).getCountryName());
}
getfeaturename() return Streetname
getlocality() return city
getadminarea() return State
That's All..!