CODEWITHSUNDEEP
androidgoogle-maps
androidevil
androidevil

Reputation: 9171

Why Geocoder from Google Maps is returning japanese character?

I have a method with body like this:

Address address = new Geocoder(context).getFromLocation(latitude, longitude, 5).get(0);
return address.getThoroughfare() + ", " + address.getSubThoroughfare() + ", " + address.getSubLocality();

When I print the result, the value of address.getSubLocality() shows a string in Japanese.

Why this happnes?

And how can I fix this?

Thank you!

EDIT

My full example project:

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements View.OnClickListener {

    EditText ed1, ed2;
    TextView tv1;
    Button bt1;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        ed1 = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.ed1);
        ed2 = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.ed2);
        tv1 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv1);
        bt1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.bt1);

        ed1.setText("-23.50282");
        ed2.setText("-46.84905");

        bt1.setOnClickListener(this);
    }

    public static String getAddressFromLocation(Context context, Double latitude, Double longitude) throws IOException {
        Address address = new Geocoder(context, Locale.ENGLISH).getFromLocation(latitude, longitude, 5).get(0);
        return address.getThoroughfare() + ", " + address.getSubThoroughfare() + ", " + address.getSubLocality() + " - " + address.getAdminArea();
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        String address = "Street";
        if (v.getId() == R.id.bt1) {
            try {
                address = getAddressFromLocation(this, Double.parseDouble(ed1.getText().toString()), Double.parseDouble(ed2.getText().toString()));
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            tv1.setText(address);
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1691

Answers (2)

Geobits
Geobits

Reputation: 22342

It returns that way because that's how it's labeled in Google Maps. The Japanese characters you see(アウファヴィーレ) are the representation for Alphaville, a development company in that area.

Why someone labeled it in Japanese, I don't know. There's not much you can do about it, though. Other locations nearby aren't labeled this way.

Upvotes: 2

Steve Benett
Steve Benett

Reputation: 12933

The constructor of the Geocoder class takes a Locale Object as parameter. With this you can have the output in any supported language. If you don't set a explicit local, as in your snippet, Locale.getDefault() will be used by default.

Address address = new Geocoder(context, Locale.ENGLISH)
        .getFromLocation(latitude, longitude, 5).get(0);

Upvotes: -1

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