Android get current location name

Question

Hi guys, I want to get the current location with a name. I did the encoding to get the current location (lat, lang), how can I show the relative name of the place

(i.e.) 13.006389 - 80.2575: Adyar, Chennai, India

LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 0, 0, new LocationListener() { public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) { // called when the location provider status changes. Possible status: OUT_OF_SERVICE, TEMPORARILY_UNAVAILABLE or AVAILABLE. } public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) { // called when the location provider is enabled by the user } public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) { // called when the location provider is disabled by the user. If it is already disabled, it called immediately after requestLocationUpdates } public void onLocationChanged(Location location) { double latitute = location.getLatitude(); double longitude = location.getLongitude(); // do whatever you want with the coordinates } }); 

Answer 1

This will convert lat and lng to String Address, and I set it to a text box for your example. This is done using the concept of reverse geocoding, and in Android there is a class called Geocoder .

  // Write the location name. // try { Geocoder geo = new Geocoder(this.getApplicationContext(), Locale.getDefault()); List<Address> addresses = geo.getFromLocation(latitude, longitude, 1); if (addresses.isEmpty()) { yourtextboxname.setText("Waiting for Location"); } else { if (addresses.size() > 0) { yourtextboxname.setText(addresses.get(0).getFeatureName() + ", " + addresses.get(0).getLocality() +", " + addresses.get(0).getAdminArea() + ", " + addresses.get(0).getCountryName()); } } } 

Answer 2

Here is the code to get the current location and draw it on Google Maps

 public class Showmap extends MapActivity { private MapView mapView; private MapController mapController; private LocationManager locationManager; private LocationListener locationListener; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.showmap); LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); locationListener = new GPSLocationListener(); locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER, 0, 0, locationListener); mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapView); // enable Street view by default mapView.setStreetView(true); // enable to show Satellite view // mapView.setSatellite(true); // enable to show Traffic on map // mapView.setTraffic(true); mapView.setBuiltInZoomControls(true); mapController = mapView.getController(); mapController.setZoom(16); } protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() { return false; } private class GPSLocationListener implements LocationListener { @Override public void onLocationChanged(Location location) { if (location != null) { GeoPoint point = new GeoPoint( (int) (location.getLatitude() * 1E6), (int) (location.getLongitude() * 1E6)); mapController.animateTo(point); mapController.setZoom(16); // add marker MapOverlay mapOverlay = new MapOverlay(); mapOverlay.setPointToDraw(point); List<Overlay> listOfOverlays = mapView.getOverlays(); listOfOverlays.clear(); listOfOverlays.add(mapOverlay); String address = ConvertPointToLocation(point); Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), address, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT) .show(); mapView.invalidate(); } } public String ConvertPointToLocation(GeoPoint point) { String address = ""; Geocoder geoCoder = new Geocoder(getBaseContext(), Locale.getDefault()); try { List<Address> addresses = geoCoder.getFromLocation( point.getLatitudeE6() / 1E6, point.getLongitudeE6() / 1E6, 1); if (addresses.size() > 0) { for (int index = 0; index < addresses.get(0) .getMaxAddressLineIndex(); index++) address += addresses.get(0).getAddressLine(index) + " "; Log.i(address, address); } } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return address; } @Override public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {} @Override public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {} @Override public void onStatusChanged(String provider,int status,Bundle extras){} } class MapOverlay extends Overlay { private GeoPoint pointToDraw; public void setPointToDraw(GeoPoint point) { pointToDraw = point; } public GeoPoint getPointToDraw() { return pointToDraw; } @Override public boolean draw(Canvas canvas, MapView mapView, boolean shadow, long when) { super.draw(canvas, mapView, shadow); // convert point to pixels Point screenPts = new Point(); mapView.getProjection().toPixels(pointToDraw, screenPts); // add marker Bitmap bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.marker); // 24 is the height of image canvas.drawBitmap(bmp, screenPts.x, screenPts.y - 24, null); return true; } } } 

Answer 3

Use reverse geocoding, provide latitude and longitude, and get the address.

 Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(this, Locale.ENGLISH); try { List<Address> addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, 1); if(addresses != null) { Address returnedAddress = addresses.get(0); StringBuilder strReturnedAddress = new StringBuilder("Address:\n"); for(int i=0; i<returnedAddress.getMaxAddressLineIndex(); i++) { strReturnedAddress.append(returnedAddress.getAddressLine(i)).append("\n"); } myAddress.setText(strReturnedAddress.toString()); } else{ myAddress.setText("No Address returned!"); } } catch (IOException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); myAddress.setText("Canont get Address!"); } 

Answer 4

The phrase you're looking for is Reverse Geocoding. Another question in StackOverflow discusses the same topic - you can use this one answer :)

Answer 5

This is just a hint, add your code!

 public void onLocationChanged(Location location) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub if (location != null) { System.out.println("in onlocationchanged"); String locationString=location.convert(location.getLatitude(),1); Toast.makeText(this,"locationString=="+locationString, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); double lat = location.getLatitude(); double lng = location.getLongitude(); String currentLocation = "The location is changed to Lat: " + lat + " Lng: " + lng; Toast.makeText(this,currentLocation, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); 

use this two methods

 public double getLattitude() { return lattitude; } } public double getLongitude() { return longitude; 

Answer 6

 public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { double latitude, longitude; private TextView tvLocation; private Button btnGetLocation; private FusedLocationProviderClient locationProviderClient; private Geocoder geocoder; private List<Address> addresses; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); requestPermission(); locationProviderClient = LocationServices.getFusedLocationProviderClient(this); tvLocation = findViewById(R.id.tv_location); geocoder = new Geocoder(MainActivity.this, Locale.getDefault()); btnGetLocation = findViewById(R.id.btn_location); btnGetLocation.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View v) { if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(MainActivity.this, ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) { return; } locationProviderClient.getLastLocation().addOnSuccessListener(MainActivity.this, new OnSuccessListener<Location>() { @Override public void onSuccess(Location location) { if (location != null) { tvLocation.setText(location.toString()); latitude = location.getLatitude(); longitude = location.getLongitude(); try { addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(latitude, longitude, 1); String addressLine1 = addresses.get(0).getAddressLine(0); Log.e("line1", addressLine1); String city = addresses.get(0).getLocality(); Log.e("city", city); String state = addresses.get(0).getAdminArea(); Log.e("state", state); String pinCode = addresses.get(0).getPostalCode(); Log.e("pinCode", pinCode); String fullAddress = addressLine1 + ", " + city + ", " + state + ", " + pinCode; tvLocation.setText(fullAddress); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); Log.e("MainActivity", e.getMessage()); } } } }); } }); } private void requestPermission() { ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}, 1); } }