Android How to - Get Address from Location

Question

We would like to know how to get Address from Location.

Answer

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import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

import android.content.Context;
import android.location.Address;
import android.location.Geocoder;
import android.location.Location;

class AddressUtil {
  private static Geocoder sGeocoder;

  public static String getAddressFrom(Context context, Location location) {
    if (sGeocoder == null) {
      sGeocoder = new Geocoder(context);
    }

    try {
      List<Address> listAddress = sGeocoder.getFromLocation(
          location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude(), 1);
      if (listAddress != null && listAddress.size() > 0) {
        Address address = listAddress.get(0);
        int numOfAddressLine = address.getMaxAddressLineIndex();
        String result = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < numOfAddressLine; ++i) {
          result += address.getAddressLine(i) + " ";
        }

        return result;
      }
    } catch (IOException e) {
    }

    return null;
  }
}