Question

I am creating an application in which by clicking a button on android mobile i can track the a gps tracker device. In response to the button clicked the gps device containing a sim card response with its latitude and longitude as well as the speed of device. The message sent by the device is received in my mobile’s inbox. i want to convert that latitude and longitude into a google map or atleast in some address form.Can someone suggest me a proper way or give me some hint how i can do that?

Answer 1

Get current location coordinates and city name using below code

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private class myLocationListener implements LocationListener{

        @Override
        public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {          
            if(location!=null){             
                locManager.removeUpdates(locListener);
                String longitude = "Longitude: " +location.getLongitude();
                String latitude = "Latitude: " +location.getLatitude();
                String altitiude = "Altitiude: " + location.getAltitude();          
                String cityName;

                Geocoder gcd = new Geocoder(getBaseContext(), Locale.getDefault());
                public List<Address> addresses= gcd.getFromLocation (double latitude1, double longitude1, int maxResults)   

                List<Address> addresses;
                try {
                    addresses = gcd.getFromLocation(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude(), 1);
                    if (addresses.size() > 0)
                        System.out.println(addresses.get(0).getLocality());
                    cityName=addresses.get(0).getLocality();
                } catch (IOException e) {                   
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                showLocation.setText("City Name: "+cityName+"+ "\n"+longitude + "\n" + latitude + "\n" + altitiude);
                progress.setVisibility(View.GONE);
            }
        }

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then you can get gmap using city name or location value using this code

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public void getMap(String location) {
        map_location = "geo:0,0?q=" + location;
        Uri geoUri = Uri.parse(map_location);
        Intent mapCall = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, geoUri);            
    }

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or even you can check this example for little help

let me know if still you get trouble