MyGeoCoder.java

import android.location.Address;
import android.util.Log;


import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;


public class MyGeocoder {

    public static List<Address> getFromLocation(double lat, double lng, int maxResult) throws IOException{
        String strUrl = String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=%1$f,%2$f&sensor=false&key=YOUR_KEY&language=" + Locale.getDefault().getCountry(), lat, lng);
        String data = "";
        InputStream iStream = null;
        HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
        try {
            URL url = new URL(strUrl);

            // Creating an http connection to communicate with url
            urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            // Connecting to url
            urlConnection.connect();
            // Reading data from url
            iStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(iStream));
            StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
            String line = "";
            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                sb.append(line);
            }
            data = sb.toString();
            Log.d("downloadUrl", data.toString());
            br.close();

        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.d("Exception", e.toString());
        } finally {
            iStream.close();
            urlConnection.disconnect();
        }

        List<Address> retList = null;

        try {

            JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(data);

            retList = new ArrayList<Address>();

            if ("OK".equalsIgnoreCase(jsonObject.getString("status"))) {
                JSONArray results = jsonObject.getJSONArray("results");
                if (results.length() > 0) {
                    for (int i = 0; i < results.length() && i < maxResult; i++) {
                        JSONObject result = results.getJSONObject(i);
                        //Log.e(MyGeocoder.class.getName(), result.toString());
                        Address addr = new Address(Locale.getDefault());
                        // addr.setAddressLine(0, result.getString("formatted_address"));

                        JSONArray components = result.getJSONArray("address_components");
                        String streetNumber = "";
                        String route = "";
                        for (int a = 0; a < components.length(); a++) {
                            JSONObject component = components.getJSONObject(a);
                            JSONArray types = component.getJSONArray("types");
                            for (int j = 0; j < types.length(); j++) {
                                String type = types.getString(j);
                                if (type.equals("locality")) {
                                    addr.setLocality(component.getString("long_name"));
                                } else if (type.equals("street_number")) {
                                    streetNumber = component.getString("long_name");
                                } else if (type.equals("route")) {
                                    route = component.getString("long_name");
                                }
                            }
                        }
                        addr.setAddressLine(0, route + " " + streetNumber);

                        addr.setLatitude(result.getJSONObject("geometry").getJSONObject("location").getDouble("lat"));
                        addr.setLongitude(result.getJSONObject("geometry").getJSONObject("location").getDouble("lng"));
                        retList.add(addr);
                    }
                }
            }

        }
        catch (JSONException e) {
            Log.e(MyGeocoder.class.getName(), "Error parsing Google geocode webservice response.", e);
        }

        return retList;
    }
}