Service not available while calling geoCoder.getFr

Question

I know sometimes google back-end service might not be available.

Hence a solution might be to loop until i get the data.

private class getLocationDetails extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {

    @Override
    protected String doInBackground(String... params) {

        Log.d("looping", "" + count + "");
        count++;
        double lat = Double.parseDouble(params[0]);
        double lng = Double.parseDouble(params[1]);
        List<Address> addresses = null;
        try {

            Geocoder gCoder = new Geocoder(ImageAndLocationActivity.this,
                    Locale.getDefault());
            addresses = gCoder.getFromLocation(lat, lng, 1);
            Address addr = addresses.get(0);
            user_country = addr.getCountryName();
            user_city = addr.getLocality();
            user_district = addr.getSubAdminArea();

            if (user_city == null) {

                user_city = user_district;
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {

            Log.e("Exception in getLocationDetails - ", e.getMessage());
            return null;
        }

        return "";
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String result) {

        if (result != null) {

            Log.d("user_city = ", "" + user_city);
        } else {

            new getLocationDetails().execute(CurrentLat + "", CurrentLng
                    + "");
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {

    }

    @Override
    protected void onProgressUpdate(Void... values) {

    }
}

But i am not able to get the location at all:

LogCat:

02-27 16:29:49.568: D/looping(10966): 110355
02-27 16:29:49.568: E/Exception in getLocationDetails -(10966): Service not Available
02-27 16:29:49.573: D/looping(10966): 110356
02-27 16:29:49.573: E/Exception in getLocationDetails -(10966): Service not Available
02-27 16:29:49.573: D/looping(10966): 110357
02-27 16:29:49.573: E/Exception in getLocationDetails -(10966): Service not Available

and ofcourse i have added all the needed permissions:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

I am trying this on Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 (4.0.4 version)

Am i missing any settings? related to device or application ? Or this usually happens? If so any better solution to resolve this??

Thank You

Answer 1

The best fix for this problem is to use the same like Google Geocoder class if the original Geocoder fail

List<Address> addresses = null;    
Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(this);
addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(...);
if (addresses == null || addresses.isEmpty())
addresses = MyGeocoder.getFromLocation(...);


import android.location.Address;
import android.util.Log;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.params.AllClientPNames;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;

public class MyGeocoder {

    public static List<Address> getFromLocation(double lat, double lng, int maxResult) {

        String address = String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=%1$f,%2$f&sensor=false&language=" + Locale.getDefault().getCountry(), lat, lng);
        HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(address);
        HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
        client.getParams().setParameter(AllClientPNames.USER_AGENT, "Mozilla/5.0 (Java) Gecko/20081007 java-geocoder");
        client.getParams().setIntParameter(AllClientPNames.CONNECTION_TIMEOUT, 5 * 1000);
        client.getParams().setIntParameter(AllClientPNames.SO_TIMEOUT, 25 * 1000);
        HttpResponse response;

        List<Address> retList = null;

        try {
            response = client.execute(httpGet);
            HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
            String json = EntityUtils.toString(entity, "UTF-8");

            JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(json);

            retList = new ArrayList<Address>();

            if ("OK".equalsIgnoreCase(jsonObject.getString("status"))) {
                JSONArray results = jsonObject.getJSONArray("results");
                if (results.length() > 0) {
                    for (int i = 0; i < results.length() && i < maxResult; i++) {
                        JSONObject result = results.getJSONObject(i);
                        //Log.e(MyGeocoder.class.getName(), result.toString());
                        Address addr = new Address(Locale.getDefault());
                        // addr.setAddressLine(0, result.getString("formatted_address"));

                        JSONArray components = result.getJSONArray("address_components");
                        String streetNumber = "";
                        String route = "";
                        for (int a = 0; a < components.length(); a++) {
                            JSONObject component = components.getJSONObject(a);
                            JSONArray types = component.getJSONArray("types");
                            for (int j = 0; j < types.length(); j++) {
                                String type = types.getString(j);
                                if (type.equals("locality")) {
                                    addr.setLocality(component.getString("long_name"));
                                } else if (type.equals("street_number")) {
                                    streetNumber = component.getString("long_name");
                                } else if (type.equals("route")) {
                                    route = component.getString("long_name");
                                }
                            }
                        }
                        addr.setAddressLine(0, route + " " + streetNumber);

                        addr.setLatitude(result.getJSONObject("geometry").getJSONObject("location").getDouble("lat"));
                        addr.setLongitude(result.getJSONObject("geometry").getJSONObject("location").getDouble("lng"));
                        retList.add(addr);
                    }
                }
            }


        } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
            Log.e(MyGeocoder.class.getName(), "Error calling Google geocode webservice.", e);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            Log.e(MyGeocoder.class.getName(), "Error calling Google geocode webservice.", e);
        } catch (JSONException e) {
            Log.e(MyGeocoder.class.getName(), "Error parsing Google geocode webservice response.", e);
        }

        return retList;
    }
}

Answer 2

new Volly_Services(map, "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/json?query=" + mBinding.loc.getText().toString().trim() + "&key=Ap", getActivity()).vollyPostService().continueWithTask(task - > {
    mBinding.progressBaar.setVisibility(View.GONE);

    if (task.getResult() != null) {

        Log.e("<<<", "" + task.getResult());

        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject("" + task.getResult());
        if ("OK".equalsIgnoreCase(jsonObject.getString("status"))) {
            JSONArray results = jsonObject.getJSONArray("results");
            if (results.length() > 0) {
                mBinding.loc.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                for (int i = 0; i < results.length(); i++) {
                    JSONObject result = results.getJSONObject(i);
                    String indiStr = result.getString("formatted_address");
                    Address addr = new Address(Locale.getDefault());

                    addr.setAddressLine(0, indiStr);
                    addr.setLocality(result.getString("name"));
                    JSONObject geometry = result.getJSONObject("geometry").getJSONObject("location");
                    addr.setLatitude(geometry.getDouble("lat"));
                    addr.setLongitude(geometry.getDouble("lng"));


                    addresses.add(addr);
                }
                adapter = new SerchLocationAdapter(getActivity(), addresses);
                mBinding.serchreg.setAdapter(adapter);
            } else {
                Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "No result found", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }

        } else {
            Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "No result found", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    } else {
        Log.e("<<<<<<", "" + task.getError().getMessage());
        Toast.makeText(getActivity(), task.getError().getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
    return null;
});