Geocode doesn't work - Genymotion

Question

I've tried to implement my project geocode in Genymotion emulator, but it doesn't work. However the map works perfectly.

Android build target : 4.2.2 With Google API
Genymotion : Galaxy Nexus 4.2.2 With Google Apps
And I've added the google-play-services_lib to my project

I've got this

E/GooglePlayServicesUtil(1954): The Google Play services resources were not found.
Check your project configuration to ensure that the resources are included.

anyone have a solutions? Thanks

Have you downloaded and installed the Google Play Services on the emulator? — Egor
Are you using Eclipse or Android Studio (gradle) for the project? From the log you posted it looks like your project is not setup correctly. — fasteque
@Egor i used genymotion galaxy nexus 4.2.2 with google apps so the default of emulator has google play services, isn't it? — anombhayu
@fasteque yes i use eclipse and i've completely install the setup so the map work perfectly — anombhayu

Selecsosi Selecsosi · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-25T20:38:01

The geocoder is notoriously unreliable on older devices (as well as on Genymotion so I use a helper class that works in all enviornments) as well as problematic in general as a class (and accuracy of results).

You can use google maps to do geolocation very easily,

An asynctask I wrote to use Geocoder first and fallback to a HttpRequest (using volley) if that fails is at https://gist.github.com/selecsosi/6705630

the relevant part:

Make a request to

"http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=" + URLEncoder.encode(mAddress, "utf-8") + "&ka&sensor=false"

with mAddress being the location you are searching for.

That request will return you a JSON object you can parse like so

public static LatLng getLatLngFromGoogleJson(JSONObject jsonObject) {

    double lon = 0d;
    double lat = 0d;

    try {
        lon = ((JSONArray)jsonObject.get("results")).getJSONObject(0)
            .getJSONObject("geometry").getJSONObject("location")
            .getDouble("lng");

        lat = ((JSONArray)jsonObject.get("results")).getJSONObject(0)
            .getJSONObject("geometry").getJSONObject("location")
            .getDouble("lat");
    } catch (JSONException e) {
        if(Log.isLoggable(TAG, Log.ERROR))Log.e(TAG, "Error parsing google response", e);
    }

    return new LatLng(lat, lon);
}

Geocode doesn't work - Genymotion

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