Geocoder.getFromLocation grpc failed on Android real device

Question

I need to get the city and state from latitude and longitude. Geocoder does this function to get the city and state. But I am getting an error java.io.IOException: grp

Answer 1

It is a reported bug in Android, check @xomena answer for the link.

Alternately, you can use the web services. Add this to gradle dependencies:

api 'com.google.maps:google-maps-services:0.10.2'

Sample code to get addresses:

        val geoApiCtx = GeoApiContext.Builder()
            .apiKey(Util.readGoogleApiKey(ctx))
            .build()

        val addresses = GeocodingApi.reverseGeocode(geoApiCtx, loc).await()