Geocoder getFromLocationName() not working, returning 0 values

Question

I want to get a list of the 5 adresses more similar to the string passed, but something is not working.

For example, if I write "avenida" there are thousands of "avenida" streets in spain, but the method getFromLocationName returns 0.

private void getAddressInfo(Context context, String locationName){
        Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(context);
        try {
        List<Address> a = geocoder.getFromLocationName(locationName, 5);
        for(int i=0;i<a.size();i++){
            String city = a.get(0).getLocality();
            String country = a.get(0).getCountryName();
            String address = a.get(0).getAddressLine(0); // If any additional address line present than only, check with max available address lines by getMaxAddressLineIndex()
            addressList.add(address+", "+city+", "+country);
        }
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

Is there something wrong in the code?

Perhaps that is too general. If you provide something more specific, do you get results? — CommonsWare, Apr 06 '19 at 19:11
@CommonsWare nope, no results, or results with non sense, for example i remember to see a result once, but non related, from other country. Something is really bad — NullPointerException, Apr 06 '19 at 19:16
I haven't used `Geocoder` in a few months. It's backed by some Google servers; perhaps something is screwed up there. — CommonsWare, Apr 06 '19 at 19:18
@CommonsWare i don't think so, i'm with this problem since I started it one week ago — NullPointerException, Apr 06 '19 at 19:20

keepTrackOfYourStack · Answer 1 · 2019-04-06T22:01:15.783

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I just confirmed this in code; the way it works is you give it a valid place name, like an address. It does not need a city. then it should give you a list of as many as it finds. not as useful as expected. A street or business name does not seem to work. :-(

if i do 2000 east main without a city i get a hit

if i do east main i get 0

I am going to use this instead

edited Apr 06 '19 at 22:01

answered Apr 06 '19 at 20:50

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and what can I do with that? – NullPointerException Apr 07 '19 at 16:59
I have not implemented it yet but you tell it what fields to search for and it starts a task that returns a list of matches. So if I add a field for a part of an address like street, then add the query in the builder it returns matches. the project itself is just a demo of the places api. – keepTrackOfYourStack Apr 07 '19 at 17:19
how it works? I started the demo project and i can see three buttons but they don't do anything when you press them – NullPointerException Apr 07 '19 at 18:46
if you post another question about the current place demo i will answer with how I got it going – keepTrackOfYourStack Apr 07 '19 at 19:43
as i can understand, this needs to enable billing, so it's a pay per use thing. Or not? – NullPointerException Apr 08 '19 at 08:05
Yes and if you restrict the key to android you need to sign the app – keepTrackOfYourStack Apr 08 '19 at 12:03
if you need to pay for using it then it's not an option for me – NullPointerException Apr 08 '19 at 12:07
It is free but in order to use it you have to link a billing account to it – keepTrackOfYourStack Apr 08 '19 at 12:46
it's free? then for what is need the billing account? – NullPointerException Apr 08 '19 at 14:06

Geocoder getFromLocationName() not working, returning 0 values

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