get current location city name, android

Question

I am writing an android application to get current location city name, I get the latitude and longitude right, but I can't get the city name. here is my code :

// To get City-Name from coordinates
String cityName = null;               
Geocoder gcd = new Geocoder(getBaseContext(), Locale.getDefault());              
List<Address> addresses = null;  
try {  
    addresses = gcd.getFromLocation(loc.getLatitude(), loc.getLongitude(), 1);  
    if (addresses.size() > 0)  
    System.out.println(addresses.get(0).getLocality());  
    cityName = addresses.get(0).getLocality();  
} catch (IOException e) {             
    e.printStackTrace();  
} 

String s = longitude + "\n" + latitude + "\n\nMy Currrent City is: " + cityName;
editLocation.setText(s);

Answer 1

 public String getLocationName(double lattitude, double longitude) {

    String cityName = "Not Found";
    Geocoder gcd = new Geocoder(getBaseContext(), Locale.getDefault());
    try {

        List<Address> addresses = gcd.getFromLocation(lattitude, longitude,
                10);

        for (Address adrs : addresses) {
            if (adrs != null) {

                String city = adrs.getLocality();
                if (city != null && !city.equals("")) {
                    cityName = city;
                    System.out.println("city ::  " + cityName);
                } else {

                }
                // // you should also try with addresses.get(0).toSring();

            }

        }
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return cityName;

}

Answer 2

You would have to use the geocode api in this case. This returns you a json response parse it and 'locality' is the city you require. Here is the proper documentation for it.

http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=19.701989,72.774733&sensor=false