What is Geocoder?
Geocoder is the class that is used to transform a latitude longitude into a partial address. It comes from android.location.Geocoder package.
Steps to get users's current address and display in TextView
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="eazy.getmylocation.MainActivity">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Hello World!"
android:id="@+id/tvaddress"
android:layout_centerInParent="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
MainActivity.java
import android.Manifest;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.location.Address;
import android.location.Geocoder;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
LocationManager locationManager;
TextView tvaddress;
StringBuilder stringBuilder=new StringBuilder();
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(MainActivity.this,new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION,Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION},1);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);
tvaddress= (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvaddress);
if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
// TODO: Consider calling
// ActivityCompat#requestPermissions
// here to request the missing permissions, and then overriding
// public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions,
// int[] grantResults)
// to handle the case where the user grants the permission. See the documentation
// for ActivityCompat#requestPermissions for more details.
return;
}
locationManager.requestSingleUpdate(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, new LocationListener() {
@Override
public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
Geocoder geocoder=new Geocoder(MainActivity.this, Locale.ENGLISH);
try {
List<Address> addressList=geocoder.getFromLocation(location.getLatitude(),location.getLongitude(),1);
Address address=addressList.get(0);
for(int i=0;i<address.getMaxAddressLineIndex();i++){
stringBuilder.append(address.getAddressLine(i));
}
tvaddress.setText(""+stringBuilder);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
@Override
public void onStatusChanged(String s, int i, Bundle bundle) {
}
@Override
public void onProviderEnabled(String s) {
}
@Override
public void onProviderDisabled(String s) {
}
}, null);
}
}
Permission in Manifest
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />

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