How to format GPS latitude and longitude?

Question

In android(java) when you get the current latitude and longitude using the function getlatitude() etc you get the coordinates in decimal format:

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Answer 1

As already mentioned, there are some string manipulations required. I created the following helper class, which converts the location to DMS format and allows to specify the decimal places for the seconds:

import android.location.Location;
import android.support.annotation.NonNull;

public class LocationConverter {

    public static String getLatitudeAsDMS(Location location, int decimalPlace){
        String strLatitude = Location.convert(location.getLatitude(), Location.FORMAT_SECONDS);
        strLatitude = replaceDelimiters(strLatitude, decimalPlace);
        strLatitude = strLatitude + " N";
        return strLatitude;
    }

    public static String getLongitudeAsDMS(Location location, int decimalPlace){
        String strLongitude = Location.convert(location.getLongitude(), Location.FORMAT_SECONDS);
        strLongitude = replaceDelimiters(strLongitude, decimalPlace);
        strLongitude = strLongitude + " W";
        return strLongitude;
    }

    @NonNull
    private static String replaceDelimiters(String str, int decimalPlace) {
        str = str.replaceFirst(":", "°");
        str = str.replaceFirst(":", "'");
        int pointIndex = str.indexOf(".");
        int endIndex = pointIndex + 1 + decimalPlace;
        if(endIndex < str.length()) {
            str = str.substring(0, endIndex);
        }
        str = str + "\"";
        return str;
    }
}