How to get coordinates of an address in android

Question

How do i get gps co-ordinates of the location/address entered by user in android ?

Answer 1

use manifest permissions like

android.permission.INTERNET 
android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION     
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION 
android.permission.ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION

and go with this

Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(this, Locale.getDefault());
List
 addresses = geocoder.getFromLocationName(myLocation, 1);
Address address = addresses.get(0);
if(addresses.size() > 0) {
    double latitude = addresses.get(0).getLatitude();
    double longitude = addresses.get(0).getLongitude();
}