I want to show the location of an address in Google Maps.
How do I get the latitude and longitude of an address using the Google Maps API?
public GeoPoint getLocationFromAddress(String strAddress){
Geocoder coder = new Geocoder(this);
List<Address> address;
GeoPoint p1 = null;
try {
address = coder.getFromLocationName(strAddress,5);
if (address==null) {
return null;
}
Address location=address.get(0);
location.getLatitude();
location.getLongitude();
p1 = new GeoPoint((double) (location.getLatitude() * 1E6),
(double) (location.getLongitude() * 1E6));
return p1;
}
}
strAddress is a string containing the address. The address variable holds the converted addresses.
Ud_an's solution with updated API's
Note: LatLng class is part of Google Play Services.
Mandatory:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
Update: If you have target SDK 23 and above, make sure you take care of runtime permission for location.
public LatLng getLocationFromAddress(Context context,String strAddress) {
Geocoder coder = new Geocoder(context);
List<Address> address;
LatLng p1 = null;
try {
// May throw an IOException
address = coder.getFromLocationName(strAddress, 5);
if (address == null) {
return null;
}
Address location = address.get(0);
p1 = new LatLng(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude() );
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
return p1;
}