14.3. Geodecoding: querying the name of a location
It is common to want to get the name of a place from its coordinates. To do this we use a geodecoder (“geocoding” would be the reverse process: converting a name to latitude + longitude coordinates).
fun DecodeLatLong(MyLat:Double,MyLong:Double)
{
geocoder val = Geocoder(this, Locale.getDefault())
val addresses: List<Address> = geocoder.getFromLocation(MyLat, MyLong, 1)
val address: String = addresses[0].getAddressLine(0)
val countryName: String = addresses[0].countryName
val locality: String = addresses[0].locality
}
For instance, if we execute this method with the following parameters:
DecodeLatLong(41.404076846062054, 2.189701544333684)
we obtain the following values in address, country and locality:
address: Avinguda Diagonal, 274, 08018 Barcelona, SpaincountryName: Spainlocality: Barcelona