Android grpc failed execption

Question

Getting this error when trying to get location from latlong using Geocoder.

Error

Caused by java.io.IOException: grpc failed at android.location.Geocoder.getFromLocation(Geocoder.java:136) at com.example.myApp.test.Fragments.DashboardFragment$sendLocationData$1.onSuccess(DashboardFragment.kt:676) at com.example.myApp.test.Fragments.DashboardFragment$sendLocationData$1.onSuccess(DashboardFragment.kt:81) at com.google.android.gms.tasks.zzj.run(Unknown Source) at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:751) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6776) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1496) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1386)

Code

    punch_button?.setOnClickListener {
    createLocationRequest()
}


protected fun createLocationRequest() {
    mLocationRequest = LocationRequest()
    mLocationRequest?.interval = 10
    mLocationRequest?.fastestInterval = 50
    mLocationRequest?.priority = LocationRequest.PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY
    val builder = LocationSettingsRequest.Builder()
            .addLocationRequest(mLocationRequest!!)

    mLocationCallback = object : LocationCallback() {
        override fun onLocationResult(p0: LocationResult?) {
            super.onLocationResult(p0)
            mCurrentLocation = p0?.lastLocation
        }

    }

    val client = LocationServices.getSettingsClient(context)
    val task = client.checkLocationSettings(builder.build())



    task.addOnSuccessListener(OnSuccessListener<LocationSettingsResponse> {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
            askForPermission();
        }
    })  }



    private fun askForPermission() {
    if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(context, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
        if (ActivityCompat.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(activity, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION)) {
            requestPermissions(arrayOf(Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION), 123);
        } else {
            requestPermissions(arrayOf(Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION), 123);
        }
    } else {
        sendLocationData()
    }
}


    @SuppressLint("MissingPermission")
fun sendLocationData() {
try{
    Log.e("lat", mCurrentLocation?.latitude.toString())
    //mCurrentLocation?.latitude !=null && mCurrentLocation?.latitude !=null
    mFusedLocationClient.requestLocationUpdates(mLocationRequest, mLocationCallback, null)

    mFusedLocationClient.lastLocation.addOnSuccessListener({ location ->
        if (location != null) {
            val address: List<Address> = geocoder?.getFromLocation(location.latitude, location.longitude, 1)!!
        }
    })

}catch(e:Exception){
  Log.e("tag","error")
}
}

Answer 1

This is a know bug reported to Google, but unfortunately not solved yet. This bug happens for real devices and emulators. You can see the thread about this issue here:

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/64418751

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/64247769

A workround to try solved this bug in your case is try to use Geocoding API web service: https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-services-java

Or you can try just catch the except and handle the exception like this:

try{
geocoder = new Geocoder(this, Locale.getDefault())
   // ... your code that throws the exception here
}catch(e: IOException){
   Log.e("Error", "grpc failed: " + e.message, e)
   // ... retry again your code that throws the exeception
}