How to get complete address from latitude and longitude?

Question

I want to get following values from Latitude and Longitude in android

1. Street Address
2. City / State
3. Zip
4. Complete Address

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Answer 1

It seems that no-one has yet provided the solution suggested by Google Docs (https://developer.android.com/training/location/display-address#java). The correct solution should use an IntentService to make the network call for reverse geocoding.

An intent service is used rather than an AsyncTask as it is not tied to any specific activity. ie. it has its own lifecycle. The IntentService will stop itself when the Geocoding is finished.

public class GeocodingService extends IntentService {

    public GeocodingService() {
        super("GeocodingService");
    }


    @Override
    protected void onHandleIntent(@Nullable Intent intent) {
        if (intent == null) {
            return;
        }

        Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(this, Locale.getDefault());
        String errorMessage = "";
        BCCDatabase BCCDatabase = skicompanion.skicompanion.storage.BCCDatabase.getInstance(getApplicationContext());

        // Get the location passed to this service through an extra.
        Location location = intent.getParcelableExtra(
                "location");
        long trackID = intent.getLongExtra("trackID", -1);

        List
 addresses = null;
        String addressString = "";

        try {
            addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(
                    location.getLatitude(),
                    location.getLongitude(),
                    1);
        } catch (IOException ioException) {
            // Catch network or other I/O problems.
            errorMessage = "service not available";
            Log.d(Constants.SkiCompanionDebug, errorMessage, ioException);
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException illegalArgumentException) {
            // Catch invalid latitude or longitude values.
            errorMessage = "invalid lat long used";
            Log.d(Constants.SkiCompanionDebug, errorMessage + ". " +
                    "Latitude = " + location.getLatitude() +
                    ", Longitude = " +
                    location.getLongitude(), illegalArgumentException);
        }

        // Handle case where no address was found.
        if (addresses == null || addresses.size()  == 0) {
            if (errorMessage.isEmpty()) {
                errorMessage = "no address found";
                Log.d(Constants.SkiCompanionDebug, errorMessage);
            }
        } else {
            if(addresses.get(0).getLocality() != null){
                addressString += addresses.get(0).getLocality() + ", ";
            }
            if(addresses.get(0).getAdminArea() != null){
                addressString += addresses.get(0).getAdminArea() + ", ";
            }
            if(addresses.get(0).getCountryName() != null){
                addressString += addresses.get(0).getCountryName();
            }
            //updating DB
            BCCDatabase.setTrackLocation(trackID, addressString);

            Log.d(Constants.SkiCompanionDebug, "address found: "+ addressString);
        }
    }
}