specify the name of country using longitude and latitude on android

Question

I'm using google api 15 on android emulator.

I want to specify a country from a map by using a touch to the screen, So if I made a touch to the screen on some longitude and latitude, I can know to what country or a city those belong to?

.. Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

You can try something like this:

public static String getCountryName(Context context, double latitude, double longitude) {
    Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(context, Locale.getDefault());
    List<Address> addresses = null;
    try {
        addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(latitude, longitude, 1);
        Address result;

        if (addresses != null && !addresses.isEmpty()) {
            return addresses.get(0).getCountryName();
        }
        return null;
    } catch (IOException ignored) {
       //do something
    }

}